Youth Dies Following Three-Car Collision In East Spur TuesdayMelvin Webb, 16, died early Wednesday morning from injuries received Tuesday, January 21 here in Spur.
Webb was taken to the Methodist hospital in Lubbock following the late afternoon three-car collision. He underwent surgery upon arrival and died about 4:25 a.m. yesterday from the head injuries received.
The body has been returned to Spur to Chandler Funeral Home and funeral services will be held today at 2:30 p.m. in the First Baptist Church, Spur with Clyde Spann of Plainview officiating, assisted by Rev. Riley Fugitt of Spur.
Local officers investigating the wreck said Webb was a passenger in a 1954 Sedan driven by Wendell Stoneman, 18, also of Spur who started to pass another car then slammed on his brakes when he saw another vehicle approaching from the opposite direction. The collision occurred on the Texas 70 by-pass east of the City light plant.
Investigators said one wheel on Stoneman's car froze, causing the car to swerve against the other car driven by Mrs. Irene Dupree of Spur, and then slide sideward into the path of the pick-up driven by Abb Bingham, also of Spur. None of the others involved was hurt.
Webb was rushed to Lubbock and underwent surgery shortly before midnight.
Webb was born in Spur August 11, 1940.
He is survived by his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Edd Webb, one sister, Glenda Webb and three brothers, Joe, Charles and Melton.
The Texas Spur, January 24, 1956
From the records of Lillian Grace Nay
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