Debbie Blanchfield
1952-07-15 1973-04-23
Chicago Tribune, Tuesday, 24 Apr 1973
Twin sisters from Elmhurst were killed yesterday when the car in which they were riding slammed into a concrete bridge abutment on the Turner Turnpike in Creek County, near Bristow, Oklahoma.
The victims were identified as Diana J. Blanchfield and Deborah J. Blanchfield, 20, of 677 Washington St.
The highway patrol said the twins were riding in a car driven by their brother, James C., 17, who apparently went to sleep at the wheel. When the car hit the bridge, it burst into flames. He was pulled from the wreckage and hospitalized with burns on his head and arms.
Twin sisters from Elmhurst were killed yesterday when the car in which they were riding slammed into a concrete bridge abutment on the Turner Turnpike in Creek County, near Bristow, Oklahoma.
The victims were identified as Diana J. Blanchfield and Deborah J. Blanchfield, 20, of 677 Washington St.
The highway patrol said the twins were riding in a car driven by their brother, James C., 17, who apparently went to sleep at the wheel. When the car hit the bridge, it burst into flames. He was pulled from the wreckage and hospitalized with burns on his head and arms.