On July 16, 1962, at 7:30 p.m., Lawrence F. Dugle (62), of 5041 Eastwood Drive, had a flat tire in front of the Friarhurst Retreat House, 8136 Wooster Road, near Newtown. This location was in a stretch of road often referred to as “Deadman’s Gulch.” Robert Huxell (21), of 2178 Compton Road, observed Mr. Dugle and stopped to change the tire. At nearly the same time, Mrs. George Pfeiffer, of 101 Redbird Lane, driving her son, Bobby, to a doctor due to a bicycle accident, struck Mr. Huxell’s vehicle causing it to strike Mr. Dugle’s vehicle, and pinning Huxell between the vehicles.
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