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Wednesday May 3 6:13 PM ET Report: Laura Bush in 1963 Car Wreck
By JIM VERTUNO, Associated Press Writer
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - At 17, Laura Bush ran a stop sign and crashed into another car, killing her boyfriend who was driving it, according to an accident report released to The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Mrs. Bush is the wife of Republican presidential nominee-to-be George W. Bush (news - web sites), the Texas governor.
``It was a very tragic accident that deeply affected the families and was very painful for all involved, including the community at large,'' said her spokesman, Andrew Malcolm. ``To this day, Mrs. Bush remains unable to talk about it.''
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According to the two-page accident report released Wednesday by the city of Midland, Laura Welch was driving her Chevrolet sedan on a clear night shortly after 8 p.m. on Nov. 6, 1963, when she drove into an intersection and struck a Corvair sedan driven by 17-year-old Michael Douglas.
Although previous news accounts have reported Douglas was thrown from the car and broke his neck, those details were not in the report.
The speed of Laura Bush's car was illegible on the report. The speed limit for the road was 55.
Neither driver was drinking, the police report said.
Laura Bush and her passenger, Judy Dykes, also 17, were taken to a hospital and treated for minor injuries, according to an accident account printed at the time in the Midland Reporter-Telegram.
The police report indicates no charges were filed. That section of the report was left blank.
``As far as we know, no charges were filed,'' said Midland city attorney Keith Stretcher. ``I don't think it's unusual that charges weren't filed.''
The police report was released after an open records request was submitted to Midland officials in March. City officials had declined to release the records because the victims were under 18.
What's the odds of running a stop sign and killing your boyfriend????
What's odd about posting this story?
To appropriate a phrase from the clintonists: This is "old news".
Disruptor? Eagles Up! Yeehaw.
At 17, Laura Bush ran a stop sign and crashed into another car, killing her boyfriend who was driving it..."
That is a poorly written sense.
I know this as an adult, and even more as a parent, it was crushing...
That is a poor choice of words.
oooops. Sense=sentence
This has been reported (and posted) several times before... While tragic, I'm not sure it's especially newsworthy. Are you intending to insinuate some sort of questionable motives were involved here? If so, put your tinfoil hat back on!
Was her boyfriend a liberal?
I'm sure it was because the Bush family was trying to send a message to the Columbian drug cartel confirming the goals of the Council of Foreign Relations' report on the Trilateralists regarding which woman George W. was to marry.
[Just thought I would beat the brigade to it.]
It looks so similar to the Linda Tripp smear story. Gore and his folow democrats have no shame and will stoop lower and lower..
What are the odds of this being a stupid post?
Yes, and Pat has issued a private statement opposing the running of stop signs and pledging to appoint only anti-stop-sign-running supreme court justices. The Reform Party, of course, has no position on traffic issues.
[...What's the odds of running a stop sign and killing your boyfriend???? .......]
In Laura's case it tragically turned out to be 1 in 1.
This is old, old, news. It was posted here on FreeRepublic almost a year ago. Wonder why the AP getting interested now.
Based on the re-emergence of Buchanan, McCain, and this--I think Algore is in really deep linguine. Well-cooked linguine, I might add.
NO MORE GORE!!! 'for the children'.
They can no longer even pretend to be beating Bush on the issues, so here comes the 'Perot' factor and the 'dirtdishing'--right on cue.
Probably didn't even know Bush then, or Tedddy K. Hmmm
I know someone who, at 17, ran over and killed, a 2 year old who'd run into the street to retrieve a ball. As an adult, she probably now knows to watch the suberbs when she's driving thru. This woman went on to become a successful local journalist. Winner of many prestigious awards. Should we bring it up to her now? When she's accepting her awards, should we preface her introduction with that? She's, theoretically a 'child killer' - infanticide by vehicle - vehicular homicide.
I know I'm not low enough to bring it up to her 40 years later. But then again, there are many people who have to look up to see the underside of a snake.
I find it unusual that she ran a stop sign and happened to hit the car her boyfriend was driving,
causing his death.
I'm not suggesting a crime or a conspiracy, it's just a very unusual event.
But, to a grown man like yourself, who dresses as a devil and travels to D.C. every weekend,
I understand why you'd think it was normal.....
Jethero:
This my friend was over 35 years ago, and not only that, it was not a "crime". It was an unfortunate accident, and I am sure she and the other family have tried to put it behind (bad choice of a word) them and as far as I am concerned put to rest.
It is only someone that is a Bush hater that would even post it. I could understand someone from one of the alt. sites posting it, but for the life of me I cannot understand a Freeper, even one that does not like Bush posting it.
Have a nice day, and the very best to you and yours.
Semper Fi
Tommie
My God! That was 37 years ago! I dont think that this serves anyone to bring up a 37 year old story that myst still bring enormous grief. I think this is in very bad taste.
"That is a poor choice of words."
Blame the AP.
#9: You might have a point.
Did she rape anybody and then say "better put some ice on that". I know moral equivalency is a bore but this is a Clinton/Gore knifing. Also, to the best of my knowledge Laura Bush is not an adultress, lamp throwing Commie, tax cheating, moralizing, etc. etc. , doodah doodah,it takes a village to screw you over, phoney baloney hypocrite. Whew! Sorry, ignore this post. I am so tired of the Clinton, Clinton/Gore S**T spin machine that I can't think straight! Grrrr!
Yep, Jethro, it had to be murder. Thanks for the sleuthing and the suggestion that a tragic automobile accident almost 40 years ago has relevance today.
These tactics of yours are very endearing and undoubtedly are attracting many Freepers to switch their support from her husband who she hadn't even met yet at the time of this tragedy.
Did that give you pleasure Jethro? Did posting that make you think you will somehow make Pat into a better presidential candidate? We've all known about this for months, and feel a great sadness for Laura Bush. Imagine your own child in such an incident, then imagine some crude, thoughtless, insensitive person posting it on the internet.
Jethro a disrupter? Well no more than normal.
Actually, Jethro's posted things I like and things I don't, but to tell you the truth I wouldn't know the proportions.
I just wonder why post this story?
It's been in the press before and there's been no hint of any kind of dirt involved here. So why bring it up? Is the media pushing it? Why?
according to an accident report released to The Associated Press
Does Ken Bacon of the Pentagon now work for the Texas State Police?
Grow up
#18: It's news currently running on the AP wire.
But, to a grown man like yourself, who dresses as a devil and travels to D.C. every weekend, I understand why you'd think it was normal.....
Jethro, once Clinton's out, I'll send you Satan's pitchfork so you'll have it when Pat trys again in 2004, OK? Friends?
In 1963, the general feeling about auto accident deaths stressed the word accident and charges were RARELY filed if a driving mistake was inadvertently made, even if it caused a death. Even drunk driving was not heavily prosecuted back then. Therefore, it was perfectly NORMAL for no charges to have been filed in this case.
Young people in their first years of driving are NOTORIOUSLY poor drivers and I have NO doubt this accident affected her deeply.
The fact this keeps getting "regurgitated" is simply political.
Speaking of snakes, wait till' asshole Carville gets ahold of this. He'll mention it at the beginning and end of every other sentence.
this is sick
Likely an FOI request, with a little nudge from the Carvillists.
I keep expecting this behaviour to revolt the public, keep expecting an en masse reaction: "Have you at long last no shame?"
I still have hope. Surely folks are getting sick of this.
I find it unusual that she ran a stop sign and happened to hit the car her boyfriend was driving, causing his death.
I'm not suggesting a crime or a conspiracy, it's just a very unusual event.
When you consider how small Midland was 40 years ago, it would be almost impossible for her victim to be someone she didn't know. For it to have been her boyfriend is somewhat bizarre, but not unheard of. I've seen stories which were much more incredible.
"I just wonder why post this story?"
Here's why it's running.
From the last sentence of the article:
Was it Laura B U S H in 1963? I don't think so!
To bad it wasn't Hillary Rotten, no?
Thank you.
"The police report was released after an open records request was submitted to Midland officials in March."
Aha!! Find the person who submitted an "open records request" and you will find the motive for this anti-Laura Bush campaign!!
This coincidence would be equal to you being run over by a fellow FReeper in a big tank. PS, look both ways before crossing streets.
Yes, I'll take the pitchfork,,,in fact, I'd like the whole suit.
I'm a 44 (R)....
If she was trying to kill him, aren't there ways to do it so that the killer is not put in harm's way?
Is the Y2K SPAM getting a little moldy, Jethro?
This is a non-story. Just like the alleged Nazi sympathies of your hero. Another non-story.
Just thought I'd mention it, though.
No charges were brought? Not even a ticket or fine for running a stop sign, much less causing a fatal accident?
"It's been in the press before and there's been no hint of any kind of dirt involved here. So why bring it up? Is the media pushing it? Why?"
Since Bush announced last June (?), this story has made an appearance about every three months. Always as "news". Never with any new information or a different twist. It's as if it shows up as a fresh notation on some editor's "To Do" list every ninety days.
Which, probably, is exactly what's happening...
when she drove into an intersection and struck a Corvair sedan
I get it now. You're trying to say Jerry Brown was right. Unsafe at any speed...
Jethro:
It may be a running story on AP, but even so does every story on AP show up here on Free Republic. Of course the answer is no. I also have read and liked and disliked some of your postings, but this is over the line as far as I am concerned. Of that is my opinion and I know it is not yours. If I could suggest,(and it is just a suggestion) you might do more to build up Pat and not as much tearing down Bush.
I am very dissapointed that my man did not get the nomination, but I will not tear down the man who did.
Have a nice day, and the very best to you and yours.
GO DAN QUAYLE GO/b>
Semper Fi
Tommie
Here's why it's running.
From the last sentence of the article:
"The police report was released after an open records request was submitted to Midland officials in March."
Then the real question should be "Who requested this?", not some crap about it being deliberate. I can tell you as someone who was born and raised in Midland, you have no idea how many wounds you have opened up. Get a life.
"Yep, Jethro, it had to be murder."
I disagree.
Sounds like she ran a stop sign, nothing more.
Well, I hadn't seen it before!
What's the odds of running a stop sign and killing your boyfriend????
Connect this one to Rush Limbaugh and you'll have a longer thread for your collection.
Jethro, once Clinton's out, I'll send you Satan's pitchfork so you'll have it
And ill deliver it and put it where the sun dont shine for old jethro- locomotive breath.
I don't think we'll find out who actually requested it, it likely came "through" an AP reporter.
said Midland city attorney Keith Stretcher. ``I don't think it's unusual that charges weren't filed.''
Sounds unusual to me, running a stop sign and killing someone and no charges filed. I've known people charged simply for running a stop sign with no accident.
I've heard this discussed on talk radio. Mrs. Bush was devastated by this event, and did not marry until sometime in her 30's as I recall.
If this is the best that the AP can dredge up to slime and demoralize the Bush family, then I suggest that they "move on."
And for you to ask "What's the odds of running a stop sign and killing your boyfriend????" indicates that you don't remember being 17, nor have you raised teenagers.
Irresponsible behavior, at most - more likely, tragic accident.
BOLD OFF
Gore couldn't ask for better friends than the third party posters at FR.
"Did that give you pleasure Jethro?"
No.
Bold off???
Then again it may have had something to do with the JFK thingy......
"Gore couldn't ask for better friends than the third party posters at FR."
No need for Gore to read it here.
It's the lead story on the AP Click here
I was a teenager and never killed anyone. I just can't get over that she didn't get a ticket/fine for causing an accident.
off bold
Sounds unusual to me, running a stop sign and killing someone and no charges filed. I've known people charged simply for running a stop sign with no accident.
Agreed. You don't have to be a legal adult to be ticketed for wreckless driving. Just another example of WHO you know! No ticket, no nothing!
Around 1975 I was riding with a Government Agent and as we passed a small country store, he told me that around 1955 he had run over a 6 year old girl at that exact spot. She had bought a gallon of milk and was crossing the road. He was obviously still deeply affected by the incident. He told me he still wakes up with nightmares over the tragedy.
I didn't mention to him that I knew who the little girl was. She was actually my cousin who had been in and out of hospitals her whole life. The agent died several years ago. The reason I mention it is that terrible coincidences happen and they often make a person a better person for it.
Pandora:
Thank you, thank you.
Have a nice evening and the very best to you and yours.
Semper Fi
Tommie
You are a sick one---- What a disgrace to decency--Pouting over your idiot hero "Pat $12 mill" just came out for Abortion???Get a life!!!!
You are a sick one---- What a disgrace to decency--Pouting over your idiot hero "Pat $12 mill" just came out for Abortion???Get a life!!!!
I'm with you. It scares the sh*t out of me when I think back on the crap I did when I was a teen. It's a wonder I didn't kill half the state.
What the Sam Hill does a 37 year old automobile accident involving a teen ager have to do with anything on this forum???????
Makes you sound like a Clinton/Gore shill.
What is Mrs. Bush driving record today? How many other fatalities has she been involved in? What does George think about this? Are their any other family members who drive?
"And for you to ask "What's the odds of running a stop sign and killing your boyfriend????" indicates that you don't remember being 17, nor have you raised teenagers."
This is a highly unusual event.
It's the stuff of Robert Stack and "UNSOLVED MYSTERIES."
In Laura Bush's defense, there could be extenuating circumstances, e.g., maybe the stop sign was obscured by shrubbery. Whatever it is, there's more to this story than this article reports.
You continue to make me ill. I think this story was commented on sufficiently when it was posted a year ago. I'm sure carville will give you better material in the future. I'm sure he has your fax number...right?
"What is Mrs. Bush driving record today?"
I assume no worse than any other woman...
I never read this story before, and no, Serpent Head and I do not communicate....
According to the two-page accident report released Wednesday by the city of Midland, Laura Welch was driving her Chevrolet sedan on a clear night shortly after 8 p.m. on Nov. 6, 1963...
Right, silverkor, I saw the connection too. This was only 16 days before the JFK assassination. There has to be a connection.
It's a good thing she isn't the candidate.
"Makes you sound like a Clinton/Gore shill."
I'm merely reporting the latest AP story...
Don't remind me. I have more lives than a cat. I was a totally thoughtless scumbag. Our favorite pastime was getting loaded and seeing who could drive the longest with the headlights off. I deserved a serious jail cell beating.
This is old news--further, what the hell does this have to do with George W running for president? That must be the reason for writing it, then you posting it, since it is old, old news. The important thing about Laura Bush, she appears to be a dedicated, loving wife and mother, and supportive of her husband.
"I can tell you as someone who was born and raised in Midland, you have no idea how many wounds you have opened up."
Hell, blame the AP, they're the folks who ran the story.
PS: I was born and raised in Flatbush, Brooklyn many moons ago...
"At 17, Laura Bush ran a stop sign and crashed into another car, killing her boyfriend who was driving it..."
. . .good to see that the Gore camp HAS been busy. . .and the media still willing to report the NEWS/slime of the day. . .
This is a disgusting d