Car, Driver Hunted After Boy, 17, Dies

 

    The driver of a yellow convertible was the object of a statewide search Monday following the hit-and-run highway death of Joseph Lesky Breshears, 17, of Pensacola, Mayes county.
    Brashears was found on U.S. 69, about 10 miles south of Vinita at 2 a.m. Monday. He was rushed to a Vinita hospital where he died at 3:40 a.m.
    Trooper Tom Ballard said Breshears had been struck down by the hit-and-run driver and dragged 30 feet.
 

From The Oklahoma, 1/20/1953

Donated by: Emily Jordan

07-21-2007