Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Arizona)
Friday, January 2, 1948, p. 1
Youth Is First Traffic Victim
Victim of a freak accident involving a mule, his motorcycle and an automobile, 19-year-old James Dupree, 1212 South Seventh street, became Arizona's first traffic fatality of 1948, according to records of the highway patrol.
Two blocks south of Seventh street on Broadway, Dupree's motorcycle hit a mule. He was thrown in front of a northbound automobile which ran over him. The driver failed to stop.
The driver failed to remain at the accident scene. But last night in response to a telephone call, Capt. Everett Bowman of the highway patrol, went to the home of Ann Smith, 29 years old, on baseline road about a mile west of Central avenue, who told him she was the driver of the car.
She said she stopped at the time of the accident; that there was another man there, too, so she drove away to telephone the highway patrol and make a report. After that, she said, she became nervous and unstrung and went home.
The accident occurred at 11:20 p.m. Wednesday. Dupree died of a skull fracture in St. Monica's Hospital at 12:45 a.m. yesterday.
He was the only Arizona traffic victim reported for 1948 at a late hour last night. His death counts against the 1947 record.
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Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Arizona)
Saturday, January 3, 1948, p. 15
DUPREE, James Robert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse D. Dupree, passed away Thursday. He is survived by his father and mother and three brothers, Daniel, Junior, and Thomas, all of Phoenix. Announcements later by Mortensen-Kingsley.
Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Arizona)
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Sunday, January 4, 1948, page one, section 2
Motorcycle Rider Death Verdict Made
The death New Year's Day of James R. Dupree, 21 years old, 1212 South Seventh street, resulted from a fracture of the skull suffered the previous night in an accident at Seventh street and Broadway, according to a coroner's verdict returned yesterday in East Phoenix Precinct court.
Dupree, driving a motorcycle, ran into a mule and was thrown into the path of a car driven by Ann Smith, 29, West Baseline road. According to testimony, the Smith woman became frightened and left the scene of the accident. She appeared at highway patrol headquarters Friday, however, and identified herself as the driver of the car.
The county attorney's office yesterday was undecided what charges, if any, would be filed against her.
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Friday, January 2, 1948, p. 1
Youth Is First Traffic Victim
Victim of a freak accident involving a mule, his motorcycle and an automobile, 19-year-old James Dupree, 1212 South Seventh street, became Arizona's first traffic fatality of 1948, according to records of the highway patrol.
Two blocks south of Seventh street on Broadway, Dupree's motorcycle hit a mule. He was thrown in front of a northbound automobile which ran over him. The driver failed to stop.
The driver failed to remain at the accident scene. But last night in response to a telephone call, Capt. Everett Bowman of the highway patrol, went to the home of Ann Smith, 29 years old, on baseline road about a mile west of Central avenue, who told him she was the driver of the car.
She said she stopped at the time of the accident; that there was another man there, too, so she drove away to telephone the highway patrol and make a report. After that, she said, she became nervous and unstrung and went home.
The accident occurred at 11:20 p.m. Wednesday. Dupree died of a skull fracture in St. Monica's Hospital at 12:45 a.m. yesterday.
He was the only Arizona traffic victim reported for 1948 at a late hour last night. His death counts against the 1947 record.
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Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Arizona)
Saturday, January 3, 1948, p. 15
DUPREE, James Robert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse D. Dupree, passed away Thursday. He is survived by his father and mother and three brothers, Daniel, Junior, and Thomas, all of Phoenix. Announcements later by Mortensen-Kingsley.
Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Arizona)
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Sunday, January 4, 1948, page one, section 2
Motorcycle Rider Death Verdict Made
The death New Year's Day of James R. Dupree, 21 years old, 1212 South Seventh street, resulted from a fracture of the skull suffered the previous night in an accident at Seventh street and Broadway, according to a coroner's verdict returned yesterday in East Phoenix Precinct court.
Dupree, driving a motorcycle, ran into a mule and was thrown into the path of a car driven by Ann Smith, 29, West Baseline road. According to testimony, the Smith woman became frightened and left the scene of the accident. She appeared at highway patrol headquarters Friday, however, and identified herself as the driver of the car.
The county attorney's office yesterday was undecided what charges, if any, would be filed against her.
[Source for all: Newspapers.com]
Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Arizona)
Friday, January 2, 1948, p. 1
Youth Is First Traffic Victim
Victim of a freak accident involving a mule, his motorcycle and an automobile, 19-year-old James Dupree, 1212 South Seventh street, became Arizona's first traffic fatality of 1948, according to records of the highway patrol.
Two blocks south of Seventh street on Broadway, Dupree's motorcycle hit a mule. He was thrown in front of a northbound automobile which ran over him. The driver failed to stop.
The driver failed to remain at the accident scene. But last night in response to a telephone call, Capt. Everett Bowman of the highway patrol, went to the home of Ann Smith, 29 years old, on baseline road about a mile west of Central avenue, who told him she was the driver of the car.
She said she stopped at the time of the accident; that there was another man there, too, so she drove away to telephone the highway patrol and make a report. After that, she said, she became nervous and unstrung and went home.
The accident occurred at 11:20 p.m. Wednesday. Dupree died of a skull fracture in St. Monica's Hospital at 12:45 a.m. yesterday.
He was the only Arizona traffic victim reported for 1948 at a late hour last night. His death counts against the 1947 record.
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Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Arizona)
Saturday, January 3, 1948, p. 15
DUPREE, James Robert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse D. Dupree, passed away Thursday. He is survived by his father and mother and three brothers, Daniel, Junior, and Thomas, all of Phoenix. Announcements later by Mortensen-Kingsley.
Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Arizona)
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Sunday, January 4, 1948, page one, section 2
Motorcycle Rider Death Verdict Made
The death New Year's Day of James R. Dupree, 21 years old, 1212 South Seventh street, resulted from a fracture of the skull suffered the previous night in an accident at Seventh street and Broadway, according to a coroner's verdict returned yesterday in East Phoenix Precinct court.
Dupree, driving a motorcycle, ran into a mule and was thrown into the path of a car driven by Ann Smith, 29, West Baseline road. According to testimony, the Smith woman became frightened and left the scene of the accident. She appeared at highway patrol headquarters Friday, however, and identified herself as the driver of the car.
The county attorney's office yesterday was undecided what charges, if any, would be filed against her.
[Source for all: Newspapers.com]
Friday, January 2, 1948, p. 1
Youth Is First Traffic Victim
Victim of a freak accident involving a mule, his motorcycle and an automobile, 19-year-old James Dupree, 1212 South Seventh street, became Arizona's first traffic fatality of 1948, according to records of the highway patrol.
Two blocks south of Seventh street on Broadway, Dupree's motorcycle hit a mule. He was thrown in front of a northbound automobile which ran over him. The driver failed to stop.
The driver failed to remain at the accident scene. But last night in response to a telephone call, Capt. Everett Bowman of the highway patrol, went to the home of Ann Smith, 29 years old, on baseline road about a mile west of Central avenue, who told him she was the driver of the car.
She said she stopped at the time of the accident; that there was another man there, too, so she drove away to telephone the highway patrol and make a report. After that, she said, she became nervous and unstrung and went home.
The accident occurred at 11:20 p.m. Wednesday. Dupree died of a skull fracture in St. Monica's Hospital at 12:45 a.m. yesterday.
He was the only Arizona traffic victim reported for 1948 at a late hour last night. His death counts against the 1947 record.
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Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Arizona)
Saturday, January 3, 1948, p. 15
DUPREE, James Robert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse D. Dupree, passed away Thursday. He is survived by his father and mother and three brothers, Daniel, Junior, and Thomas, all of Phoenix. Announcements later by Mortensen-Kingsley.
Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Arizona)
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Sunday, January 4, 1948, page one, section 2
Motorcycle Rider Death Verdict Made
The death New Year's Day of James R. Dupree, 21 years old, 1212 South Seventh street, resulted from a fracture of the skull suffered the previous night in an accident at Seventh street and Broadway, according to a coroner's verdict returned yesterday in East Phoenix Precinct court.
Dupree, driving a motorcycle, ran into a mule and was thrown into the path of a car driven by Ann Smith, 29, West Baseline road. According to testimony, the Smith woman became frightened and left the scene of the accident. She appeared at highway patrol headquarters Friday, however, and identified herself as the driver of the car.
The county attorney's office yesterday was undecided what charges, if any, would be filed against her.
[Source for all: Newspapers.com]
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