Im not Bush Bashing on this. I just never heard of this, but I am putting it in the conspiracy forum because the site I got it off of, made it sound like she did this on purpose.


Laura Bush: 1963, ran stop sign & killed boyfriend

Miscellaneous News Keywords: STRANGE
Source: AP
Published: 5/3/00 Author: JIM VERTUNO
Posted on 05/03/2000 16:12:46 PDT by Jethro Tull

Wednesday May 3 6:13 PM ET Report: Laura Bush in 1963 Car Wreck
Report: Laura Bush in 1963 Car Wreck

By JIM VERTUNO, Associated Press Writer

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - At 17, Laura Bush ran a stop sign and crashed into another car, killing her boyfriend who was driving it, according to an accident report released to The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Mrs. Bush is the wife of Republican presidential nominee-to-be George W. Bush (news - web sites), the Texas governor.

``It was a very tragic accident that deeply affected the families and was very painful for all involved, including the community at large,'' said her spokesman, Andrew Malcolm. ``To this day, Mrs. Bush remains unable to talk about it.''

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Mrs. Bush did say in March, when asked at a campaign stop about the crash, ``I know this as an adult, and even more as a parent, it was crushing ... for the family involved and for me as well.''

According to the two-page accident report released Wednesday by the city of Midland, Laura Welch was driving her Chevrolet sedan on a clear night shortly after 8 p.m. on Nov. 6, 1963, when she drove into an intersection and struck a Corvair sedan driven by 17-year-old Michael Douglas.

Although previous news accounts have reported Douglas was thrown from the car and broke his neck, those details were not in the report.

The speed of Laura Bush's car was illegible on the report. The speed limit for the road was 55.

Neither driver was drinking, the police report said.

Laura Bush and her passenger, Judy Dykes, also 17, were taken to a hospital and treated for minor injuries, according to an accident account printed at the time in the Midland Reporter-Telegram.

The police report indicates no charges were filed. That section of the report was left blank.

``As far as we know, no charges were filed,'' said Midland city attorney Keith Stretcher. ``I don't think it's unusual that charges weren't filed.''

The police report was released after an open records request was submitted to Midland officials in March. City officials had declined to release the records because the victims were under 18.

The real conspiracy is why she didn't go to prison.

Having an accident isnt a crime. If she wasnt drunk, she didnt commit manslaughter or murder. I wonder how it was settled in a civil court. Was her mom and dad sued?

Unless you mean something else about the Bush family?! :shrug:

If I ran a stop sign and killed some high school kid, I wonder if I could just walk away from the incident without jail. Isn't it manslaughter to kill someone when it's your fault?