Morehouse County Louisiana Archives News.....BOY RUN DOWN AND KILLED BY TRUCK January 3, 1940
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The Monroe News-Star January 3, 1940
BOY RUN DOWN AND KILLED BY TRUCK

BASTROP, La, Jan 3-(Special)

Ernest C. Perkins, 8-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. E.B. Perkins of Bastrop, was 
instantly killed about 4 p.m. Tuesday when he was run over by a truck loaded 
with pulpwood.

The accident, described as unavoidable by Chief of Police C.C. Walton, 
occurred in front of the office of the Morehouse Enterprise on South 
Washington street.
 
According to reports, the Perkins boy and several other children were playing 
in the vicinity when the Perkins boy ran into the street in front of the 
truck, which was said to have been operated by a Mr. Riles who lives near the 
Arkansas line.
  
Both front and rear wheels of the truck  were said to have passed over the 
boy's body.
   
The child is survived by his parents and several brothers and sisters
    
    

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