(UPI) Four members of one family were killed and three others injured seriously when their car went out of control and plunged from a bridge on US 66 about four miles west of Essex.
Killed were Elmer Cauthren, 46, of Alviso, and his children, Carol Jean, 14, Paul David, 8, Mark, 3 months. Mrs. Cauthren was critically
hurt and Don, 16, and Jerry, 6, suffered serious injury.
Officers said Mrs. Lorene Cauthren apparently dozed at the wheel as the car crossed a bridge
on Highway 66.
The family was enroute home from a Christmas visit to Little Kansas, Okla.
Note: Lorene Cauthren Powers passed away April 11, 2012 in Goodman, Mo.
Donald Cauthren, then age 16, passed away Jan 16, 2009, along with his wife in an automobile accident in Carthage, Mo.
Jerry Cauthren, then age 6, passed away August 9, 2009 in Goodman, Mo.
Killed were Elmer Cauthren, 46, of Alviso, and his children, Carol Jean, 14, Paul David, 8, Mark, 3 months. Mrs. Cauthren was critically
hurt and Don, 16, and Jerry, 6, suffered serious injury.
Officers said Mrs. Lorene Cauthren apparently dozed at the wheel as the car crossed a bridge
on Highway 66.
The family was enroute home from a Christmas visit to Little Kansas, Okla.
Note: Lorene Cauthren Powers passed away April 11, 2012 in Goodman, Mo.
Donald Cauthren, then age 16, passed away Jan 16, 2009, along with his wife in an automobile accident in Carthage, Mo.
Jerry Cauthren, then age 6, passed away August 9, 2009 in Goodman, Mo.
(UPI) Four members of one family were killed and three others injured seriously when their car went out of control and plunged from a bridge on US 66 about four miles west of Essex.
Killed were Elmer Cauthren, 46, of Alviso, and his children, Carol Jean, 14, Paul David, 8, Mark, 3 months. Mrs. Cauthren was critically
hurt and Don, 16, and Jerry, 6, suffered serious injury.
Officers said Mrs. Lorene Cauthren apparently dozed at the wheel as the car crossed a bridge
on Highway 66.
The family was enroute home from a Christmas visit to Little Kansas, Okla.
Note: Lorene Cauthren Powers passed away April 11, 2012 in Goodman, Mo.
Donald Cauthren, then age 16, passed away Jan 16, 2009, along with his wife in an automobile accident in Carthage, Mo.
Jerry Cauthren, then age 6, passed away August 9, 2009 in Goodman, Mo.
Killed were Elmer Cauthren, 46, of Alviso, and his children, Carol Jean, 14, Paul David, 8, Mark, 3 months. Mrs. Cauthren was critically
hurt and Don, 16, and Jerry, 6, suffered serious injury.
Officers said Mrs. Lorene Cauthren apparently dozed at the wheel as the car crossed a bridge
on Highway 66.
The family was enroute home from a Christmas visit to Little Kansas, Okla.
Note: Lorene Cauthren Powers passed away April 11, 2012 in Goodman, Mo.
Donald Cauthren, then age 16, passed away Jan 16, 2009, along with his wife in an automobile accident in Carthage, Mo.
Jerry Cauthren, then age 6, passed away August 9, 2009 in Goodman, Mo.
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