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Stars and Stripes Newspaper for April 16, 1963 -- 7 Killed As Train Rams Car
BOUTTE, La. (AP)--A speeding train slammed broadside into a car at an unguarded crossing, killing the seven occupants of the vehicle and scattering Easter baskets and rosaries over wide area. Three victims were young children. The car was hurled 145 feet by the impact, which also tossed the passengers into the air. State police officers found one body 203 feet from the point of impact. Officers said the people had apparently just left Easter Sunday church services. The victims were identified as Clarence Theriot, 36, of Baton Rouge; his wife, 28, their sons, Charles, 8 [sic, 9]; and Alvin, 7; Leonard Theriot, 28, of nearby Luling; his wife Mary Jean [sic], 25; and their 1-year-old daughter, Pamela. The two Theriot men were brothers. Witnesses said the Southern Pacific passenger train was traveling upwards of 80 miles an hour. But state police quoted engineer Harold Mitchell of New Orleans as saying his speed was about 50 m.p.h. The engineer said he blew his whistle repeatedly, but the car did not attempt to stop. There was no warning light at the crossing on the narrow paved road near Boutte, a tiny community about 20 miles southwest of New Orleans.
Stars and Stripes Newspaper for April 16, 1963 -- 7 Killed As Train Rams Car
BOUTTE, La. (AP)--A speeding train slammed broadside into a car at an unguarded crossing, killing the seven occupants of the vehicle and scattering Easter baskets and rosaries over wide area. Three victims were young children. The car was hurled 145 feet by the impact, which also tossed the passengers into the air. State police officers found one body 203 feet from the point of impact. Officers said the people had apparently just left Easter Sunday church services. The victims were identified as Clarence Theriot, 36, of Baton Rouge; his wife, 28, their sons, Charles, 8 [sic, 9]; and Alvin, 7; Leonard Theriot, 28, of nearby Luling; his wife Mary Jean [sic], 25; and their 1-year-old daughter, Pamela. The two Theriot men were brothers. Witnesses said the Southern Pacific passenger train was traveling upwards of 80 miles an hour. But state police quoted engineer Harold Mitchell of New Orleans as saying his speed was about 50 m.p.h. The engineer said he blew his whistle repeatedly, but the car did not attempt to stop. There was no warning light at the crossing on the narrow paved road near Boutte, a tiny community about 20 miles southwest of New Orleans.
shares plot with Mary Jane Theriot
Stars and Stripes Newspaper for April 16, 1963 -- 7 Killed As Train Rams Car
BOUTTE, La. (AP)--A speeding train slammed broadside into a car at an unguarded crossing, killing the seven occupants of the vehicle and scattering Easter baskets and rosaries over wide area. Three victims were young children. The car was hurled 145 feet by the impact, which also tossed the passengers into the air. State police officers found one body 203 feet from the point of impact. Officers said the people had apparently just left Easter Sunday church services. The victims were identified as Clarence Theriot, 36, of Baton Rouge; his wife, 28, their sons, Charles, 8 [sic, 9]; and Alvin, 7; Leonard Theriot, 28, of nearby Luling; his wife Mary Jean [sic], 25; and their 1-year-old daughter, Pamela. The two Theriot men were brothers. Witnesses said the Southern Pacific passenger train was traveling upwards of 80 miles an hour. But state police quoted engineer Harold Mitchell of New Orleans as saying his speed was about 50 m.p.h. The engineer said he blew his whistle repeatedly, but the car did not attempt to stop. There was no warning light at the crossing on the narrow paved road near Boutte, a tiny community about 20 miles southwest of New Orleans.
Stars and Stripes Newspaper for April 16, 1963 -- 7 Killed As Train Rams Car
BOUTTE, La. (AP)--A speeding train slammed broadside into a car at an unguarded crossing, killing the seven occupants of the vehicle and scattering Easter baskets and rosaries over wide area. Three victims were young children. The car was hurled 145 feet by the impact, which also tossed the passengers into the air. State police officers found one body 203 feet from the point of impact. Officers said the people had apparently just left Easter Sunday church services. The victims were identified as Clarence Theriot, 36, of Baton Rouge; his wife, 28, their sons, Charles, 8 [sic, 9]; and Alvin, 7; Leonard Theriot, 28, of nearby Luling; his wife Mary Jean [sic], 25; and their 1-year-old daughter, Pamela. The two Theriot men were brothers. Witnesses said the Southern Pacific passenger train was traveling upwards of 80 miles an hour. But state police quoted engineer Harold Mitchell of New Orleans as saying his speed was about 50 m.p.h. The engineer said he blew his whistle repeatedly, but the car did not attempt to stop. There was no warning light at the crossing on the narrow paved road near Boutte, a tiny community about 20 miles southwest of New Orleans.
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