This is a photo taken from Bobby Buntrock's high school yearbook (1968). He was on the track team. He was 16 years old here, about 6 years before he died in a car accident. Buntrock played Harold on the TV show HAZEL.
Bobby lost his life in an automobile accident on a bridge in Keystone, South Dakota on April 7, 1974. According to the World Heritage Encyclopedia, the bridge had been severely damaged two years previously in the South Dakota Flood of 1972. There was a large hole in the middle of the bridge with at least 3.1 to 4.6 metres (10 to 15 feet) of water in the hole from the creek. Unfortunately, there were no warning signs or barricades to call attention to the danger. Bobby was en route to visit a friend when his car slid off the side of the road and flipped upside down into the water.
The accident was reported and divers arrived at the scene. They eventually reached the car and discovered Bobby's body. Bobby had tried to escape, but he had been unable to pry the door open far enough due to the mud and the sheer force of the water.
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