Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
On this date …
1962: Seven teenagers on their way to a church picnic had been killed when a passenger train crashed into their car.
Those killed were all from Olton or Springlake, Texas.
One teen survived when he jumped from the car moments before the impact.
Officials said the Santa Fe Railway train was traveling 80 mph when it hit the car near Lubbock. It wasn’t clear why the car was on the tracks.
“The kids had plenty of time to get out of the way,” the train engineer told a reporter. “They probably froze.”
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