Eugene Mooney suffers a serious leg injury after a vehicle collision, 1960

Event

Date: 1960-02-02
Kind: Medical
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: healthcaretransportationcommunity

Summary

The March 1960 Beaver Beacon reports that Eugene Mooney was hit by a car on February 2, thrown against a truck, and suffered a badly smashed leg requiring extended casting.

Evidence limits

The account does not provide an accident report, clinical record, or outcome.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, March 1960, "Vitals."
Reports Eugene Mooney, living in Livonia, being hit by a car on February 2, thrown over the car against a truck, and suffering a badly smashed leg expected to remain in a rigid cast until August 1 and then a mobile cast. It does not provide an accident report, clinical record, or outcome.
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Beaver Beacon, March 1960, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the injury notice.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Eugene Mooney suffers a serious leg injury after a vehicle collision, 1960”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-eugene-mooney-injury-1960/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1960, "Vitals." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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