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RIECK - 1
The ambulance leaves the scene with an elderly
morning
Arlington couple, injured this when their
car and a heavy * flatbed. truck collided on Highway
81-South, south of Fort Worth. The two vehicles met
at the intersection with farm road 11-87. In the car
was 78 year old Charles 7. Frank and his 71 year old
wife, of 300 South Collins in Arlington. ere
taken to the hospital at Carswell Airforce Base where
both are reported tonight in serious condition. Frank
is a retired navy enlisted man. 25 year old Myron
from the Fort Uorth suburb of )3nsom
Adwnrd ilason,
Park, was at the wheel of the truck. Mason said he
was headed back to Fort Worth from Alvarado when the
accident occurred. Mr. Frank, the car's driver, was
pinned by his legs inside the car until rescuers
pried the door open with a crowbar.# #4
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Wreck], script, November 19, 1968; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1038222/m1/1/: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.