This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MONTGOMERY Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZW.2ADI/3676.2 Message Board Post: Modesto Bee, Thursday, September 18, 1997, p B-2 FATAL CRASH CLOSES HIGHWAY 132 NINE HOURS By Daryl Farnsworth, Bee Staff Writer VERNALIS - A newspaper carrier was killed early Wednesday when her car collided with a tractor-trailor rig while she was doing her eearly morning route in rural west Stanislaus County, the California Highway Patrol reported. Linda Montgomery, 46, of Tracy died in the 3:50 a.m. crash that occurred at Highway 132 and McCracken Road east of Vernalis. She delivers the Tracy Press. The CHP said Mongomery was driving a 1993 Ford Mustang north on McCracken at about 55 mph when she went through the stop sign at Highway 132. Montgomery jammed on her brakes, but her car skidded through the intersection with Highway 132, where her car crashed under the trailer of a big rig going east on Highway 132, CHP officer Pius Braun said. The driver of the tractor-trailer, Jose Bobadilla, 35 of Fresno, was not injured. Investigators said they found rubber bands on the victim's lap, which they said indicated that she may have been folding newspapers and putting rubber bands around them while driving. The crash closed Highway 132 for nearly nine hours before the wreckage was removed and the investigation completed. Braun said traffic was detoured on nearby roads, causing delays for morning commuters. There was not a obituary for Linda in the Modesto Bee, but very likely there would be a story in the Tracy Press or the Stockton Record, probably in the September 19, 1997 edition. If you go to the website for the Stockton-San Joaquin Library, they will give you instructions on how to request an obituary from their Reference Department. There is a minimum charge of $2, but not necessarily per obituary. Judy Ewbank