Many famous people have been charged with vehicular manslaughter, including Matthew Broderick. But one lesser known case is that of Laura Bush, whose car struck and killed a 17-year-old classmate in 1963. LauraBush talks about a car accident she had when she was 17, in which a high school friend died, and a suspected poisoning attempt on her and George W. Bush. Laura and her passenger, schoolmate Judy Dykes, were both treated at the local hospital for their own bruises. It was there she learned that Douglas had died of a broken neck. A newly released accident report says LauraBush, the wife of Texas Gov. George W. Bush, ran a stop sign in the 1963 car crash that killed her high-school sweetheart. On , 17-year-old Laura Welch (future First Lady LauraBush) was driving down a dark road on her way to the movies when she failed to heed a stop sign, causing a car accident that would take the life of her friend and high school classmate. -- LauraBush still has a hard time explaining how it happened, but when she was 17 on a November night in1963 she ran a stop sign in her hometown, struck another car and killed the driver, a 17-year-old boy who was a good friend of hers. During the 2000 presidential campaign, it was revealed that in 1963 -- when the future first lady was 17 -- she ran a stop sign and struck another vehicle. The driver of that other car, a...
