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-on A joy-ride the weed-cracked pavement of old Hiwqy and) 80 between Fort Worth Arlingto ended in death for one man, and critical injury for another The ng the old hiway, and had driven over Village a branch oft Creek that had been filled in. branch
They apparently thought the next .-- was also level with the road-way, for, according to officers, they speeded up as they approached it. The car catapaulted 75 feet into space, then hurtled forty feet down to the creek bottom. Dead is 19 year old Wayne Dale Pierce of 816 Pilot Drive in Dallas. In critical condition at John Petersmith Hospital in Fort Worth is Leon Randel junior, whose ge and address unknown. Pavement- mark , to investigating officers, show that the car was acclerating when it left the roadway, and began its death plunge.
The car had traveled along the old highway for about