Kern County Obituaries

Tommy G. Landers

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Source Unknown; 24 Jun 1954

Crash Snuffs Out Two Young lives
	Two young Missouri ex-servicemen, Tommy G. Landers and Shelby J. Langston, 
both 24, lost their lives in a collision with a truck tank and trailer at 2:40 a.m. 
Tuesday, 14 miles east of Mojave on Hwy. 466.	
Force of the collision tore off the right rear double wheels of the trailer and they 
rolled 300 yds.  before coming to rest in the desert. The car, a 1947 Chevrolet was a 
total loss although the driver, Jim Lee Skaggs, 22, of Senaca, Mo., walked away with 
a couple of scratches.	
Both victims had just been separated from the U. S. Army at Camp Stoneman and 
presumably were headed home according to Highway Patrol Officer, Kenneth De La 
Marr who investigated, no reason for the crash has been found as yet.	
Bud Palmer of Bud's Garage, who towed in the wreck, had to use an acetylene 
torch to release the victims from the wreck.	
Fire equipment from Edwards A.F.B. was called when a fire started in the wreck 
from the flames of the torch coming in contact with a quantity of paint carried in the 
death vehicle.	
Driver of the truck, which was a owned by Empire Transportation Co., was Charles 
Roberts Clark of 1893 So. Union Ave., Bakersfield. 
Edwards ambulance took all victims to the Base Hospital and the two bodies were 
later removed to O'Donnell Funeral Home by their ambulance.
The body of Tommy Landers was shipped to Gainville, Mo., and that of Shelby 
Langston to Mesa, Arizona, for services and interment.