Date: 04 April 1969
Place: Near New Carlisle, Clark County, Ohio
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| 05 Apr 1969 Dayton Daily News- Dayton, Ohio |
My dad is the one who told me about this story. He grew up in Dayton and remembers when this happened- he was a senior in high school and knew some of the kids involved.
So, four teens from Dayton, Ohio were driving either to or from the lake and at 10 pm, ran off the road and hit a tree. The car was a convertible with no seat belts (1969) and all passengers were ejected from the car and hit trees (the image in my mind is terrifying). Three of the four boys died.
One other thing my dad told me was that his cousin had been asked to go on the trip with these boys but because he didn't have money to chip in for beer, he didn't go! Can you imagine knowing you COULD have been in an accident that killed friends?! How devastating!
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| 05 Apr 1969 The Journal Herald- Dayton, Ohio |
The Victims:
~Driver-
Terry A. Wallace
born: abt 1953
died: 04 April 1969, age 16
Terry was buried in Willowview Cemetery, no picture available
~Passenger-
Paul Stephen Franz
born: 02 Feb 1951, Dayton, Ohio
died: 04 Apr 1969, age 18
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| Calvary Cemetery- Section 3, Lot 185 Dayton, Ohio |
~Passenger-
Michael Stephan Pietrzak
born: 09 Nov 1951, Ohio
died: 04 Apr 1969, age 17
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| Calvary Cemetery- Sec 18, Blk X, Lot 196, Space 9 Dayton, Ohio |
Passenger-
Ralph Paul Allen- Only survivor of the accident
born: 01 Nov 1953, Dayton, Ohio
died: 07 Jan 1983, Dayton, Ohio, age 29
Paul was buried in Calvary Cemetery, plot 19x92x4 in Dayton, Ohio
The very sad story with Paul Allen, the only survivor, is that Paul died at the age of 29 by suicide. My dad told me Paul had severe "survivors guilt" and shot himself in the head.
Truly, a tragic story all-around!
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