TWELVE DIE IN BUS WRECK
Crown Coach Overturns After Striking Cow, Injuring All 43 of Its Passengers.
Ten Camp Crowder soldiers and two civilians were killed, 30 other soldiers and a sailor were injured, some seriously, about 3 a. m. today when a Crown Coach bus en route from Joplin to Camp Crowder plunged over an 18-foot embankment north of the Shoal creek bridge near the oil pipe line sub-station on highway 71. The accident occurred on the straightaway at a spot between the two bridges on the pavement there. The bus is said by Crown Coach officals to have struck a cow, which jammed the bus steering mechanism. The vehicle skidded a distance of some 85 feet on the pavement before taking to the ditch and overturning. Witnesses said the entire top of the coach was smashed down into the seats, injuring every passenger, although some escaped with only minor bruises and cuts. One sailor was among those injured. He was a Navy fireman attached to the Signal Corps school at the camp. The driver, Charles E. White, age 23, of Joplin, was killed instantly, as was Glenn Teele, of Sheldon, Missouri, the only other civilian on the bus. White was an ex-service man, having been discharged only about three weeks ago.
The dead and injured were rushed to Neosho and Joplin in five Camp Crowder ambulances as well as ambulances from Neosho and Joplin. Seven were taken to Joplin, the other 24 to the Regional hospital at Camp Crowder.
Camp officials say that none of the injured is in critical condition and all are expected to recover.
The Neosho Daily News
Neosho, Missouri
25 Jun 1945, Mon • Page 1
Crown Coach Overturns After Striking Cow, Injuring All 43 of Its Passengers.
Ten Camp Crowder soldiers and two civilians were killed, 30 other soldiers and a sailor were injured, some seriously, about 3 a. m. today when a Crown Coach bus en route from Joplin to Camp Crowder plunged over an 18-foot embankment north of the Shoal creek bridge near the oil pipe line sub-station on highway 71. The accident occurred on the straightaway at a spot between the two bridges on the pavement there. The bus is said by Crown Coach officals to have struck a cow, which jammed the bus steering mechanism. The vehicle skidded a distance of some 85 feet on the pavement before taking to the ditch and overturning. Witnesses said the entire top of the coach was smashed down into the seats, injuring every passenger, although some escaped with only minor bruises and cuts. One sailor was among those injured. He was a Navy fireman attached to the Signal Corps school at the camp. The driver, Charles E. White, age 23, of Joplin, was killed instantly, as was Glenn Teele, of Sheldon, Missouri, the only other civilian on the bus. White was an ex-service man, having been discharged only about three weeks ago.
The dead and injured were rushed to Neosho and Joplin in five Camp Crowder ambulances as well as ambulances from Neosho and Joplin. Seven were taken to Joplin, the other 24 to the Regional hospital at Camp Crowder.
Camp officials say that none of the injured is in critical condition and all are expected to recover.
The Neosho Daily News
Neosho, Missouri
25 Jun 1945, Mon • Page 1
TWELVE DIE IN BUS WRECK
Crown Coach Overturns After Striking Cow, Injuring All 43 of Its Passengers.
Ten Camp Crowder soldiers and two civilians were killed, 30 other soldiers and a sailor were injured, some seriously, about 3 a. m. today when a Crown Coach bus en route from Joplin to Camp Crowder plunged over an 18-foot embankment north of the Shoal creek bridge near the oil pipe line sub-station on highway 71. The accident occurred on the straightaway at a spot between the two bridges on the pavement there. The bus is said by Crown Coach officals to have struck a cow, which jammed the bus steering mechanism. The vehicle skidded a distance of some 85 feet on the pavement before taking to the ditch and overturning. Witnesses said the entire top of the coach was smashed down into the seats, injuring every passenger, although some escaped with only minor bruises and cuts. One sailor was among those injured. He was a Navy fireman attached to the Signal Corps school at the camp. The driver, Charles E. White, age 23, of Joplin, was killed instantly, as was Glenn Teele, of Sheldon, Missouri, the only other civilian on the bus. White was an ex-service man, having been discharged only about three weeks ago.
The dead and injured were rushed to Neosho and Joplin in five Camp Crowder ambulances as well as ambulances from Neosho and Joplin. Seven were taken to Joplin, the other 24 to the Regional hospital at Camp Crowder.
Camp officials say that none of the injured is in critical condition and all are expected to recover.
The Neosho Daily News
Neosho, Missouri
25 Jun 1945, Mon • Page 1
Crown Coach Overturns After Striking Cow, Injuring All 43 of Its Passengers.
Ten Camp Crowder soldiers and two civilians were killed, 30 other soldiers and a sailor were injured, some seriously, about 3 a. m. today when a Crown Coach bus en route from Joplin to Camp Crowder plunged over an 18-foot embankment north of the Shoal creek bridge near the oil pipe line sub-station on highway 71. The accident occurred on the straightaway at a spot between the two bridges on the pavement there. The bus is said by Crown Coach officals to have struck a cow, which jammed the bus steering mechanism. The vehicle skidded a distance of some 85 feet on the pavement before taking to the ditch and overturning. Witnesses said the entire top of the coach was smashed down into the seats, injuring every passenger, although some escaped with only minor bruises and cuts. One sailor was among those injured. He was a Navy fireman attached to the Signal Corps school at the camp. The driver, Charles E. White, age 23, of Joplin, was killed instantly, as was Glenn Teele, of Sheldon, Missouri, the only other civilian on the bus. White was an ex-service man, having been discharged only about three weeks ago.
The dead and injured were rushed to Neosho and Joplin in five Camp Crowder ambulances as well as ambulances from Neosho and Joplin. Seven were taken to Joplin, the other 24 to the Regional hospital at Camp Crowder.
Camp officials say that none of the injured is in critical condition and all are expected to recover.
The Neosho Daily News
Neosho, Missouri
25 Jun 1945, Mon • Page 1
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