Pages past, June 19: Accident leads to severed artery

On this date ...

1967: A Clovis teenager was hospitalized after an accident suffered while he was working at a drive-in restaurant.

Gary Jones, 17, was carrying a case of empty soft drink bottles when he dropped it. “As he tried to grab the case, he jammed his arm against broken edges, severing an artery in his right arm,” the Clovis News-Journal reported.

Jones was taken to Memorial Hospital by Gold Star Ambulance and admitted. Hospital officials said he was listed in good condition a day later and he was allowed visitors.

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