James E. Sarran, 19, student, sustained fatal injuries saving Roy A. Guthrie, 19, and Donald L. Moore, 21, students, from being struck by an automobile, College Station, Texas, November 21, 1955. While having refreshments at the rear of a truck parked partly on a highway at an entrance to the college where they and other students were on guard duty in the early morning, Guthrie and Moore, along with Sarran, who had accompanied the driver of the truck, were standing on the highway directly in the path of an automobile approaching from the rear at a speed of about 40 m.p.h. The driver of the automobile was unaware of the presence of the truck, and none of the students saw the automobile approaching until just before it reached the truck. Sarran, who was farthest from the edge of the highway, shouted a warning as he lunged at Guthrie, thrusting him against Moore and causing both students to stumble out of the vehicle’s path to near the edge of the highway, where Moore fell to the pavement. The automobile struck Sarran and threw him under the truck, where he was wedged beneath the rear axle as the truck was pushed 18 feet, dragging Sarran beneath it. Both vehicles were damaged slightly, and the automobile’s driver escaped injury. Moore suffered only minor bruises from which he recovered, and Guthrie was uninjured. Sarran was removed to a hospital, where he succumbed to multiple injuries three days later. 43701-4060
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