Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
On this date ...
1973: A cow was being blamed for a crash east of Fort Sumner that killed three members of a California family.
Police said the cow had wandered onto a bridge after dark on U.S. 60-84 when it was hit by a truck carrying railroad ties.
The truck's driver, Gerald Naus of Clovis, told officials the impact with the 1,200-pound animal caused his vehicle to cross the road and collide with a west-bound station wagon.
Three occupants of the station wagon - returning home from visiting family at a military base in Wichita Falls, Texas - died June 22, the night of the crash, or early the next morning. A fourth family member was hospitalized in critical condition but survived.
The truck driver suffered multiple injuries and was hospitalized for days in Clovis.
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