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R~S~LUTIOPd .OF '~H~ CQU~ITY -0~' BUTTE N0..70-236
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L~-IEREAS ~et~y Ann ~ch~uermann of Uurhar:~ d~.ed ~~rov. l~, ~.q`~p,
~n ~~a.rhar~ wYien she was hit ,b,y a train whil.e ~ryin~ to nu~~ tllr~e
~~al,a_ ch~.lr~ren ~'rom her car w?ich .had s~~~,2ec~ on. ~he trac~~s; and
~~I~iEREAS inirPS~i~;a~~on by th'e ~a~~fornia Hi~;hw~.v Ya~r~7. ~nd
acco~zn~~ b.y eyeti,ra.tne~ses l~ave' rzo doubt that A~rs. Scheuerrnann
d'i~ci whi.le attemp~in~ ~to' save ~he children ~hou~;h she cau~.d h~ve
ca~z~y saverl her' own` 3.~f~~; anct.
V~I~REA~ wa~h ~ota1 `di~re~;ard for~`her~ awri safe~y, T~~Trs.
aclieuerrnann sho~ved the ha~~;h~st form of brav~r~r, coura,;e anc~
dedic,~tiam to the c~i~:~,dr.en e~itrus~ed ~~o he~; noUa therefore 'a~ a.~
RESOLVED tha'~ ~h~ ~a~~rd `af ~uperv.~sors. of 't,hs ~oun~yo uf
~3iltt~ herebv award. p~sthumou~~~y a~cor:irnenda~~ion ta I`~'Irs. Scheu~rralann
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tar her bravery ~and to~a~~~~ concerri: for' the ;'chilc~ren in~rolved
~~rztllot~~ r~;ard tor her awn saf~~y':and l~.fe, ~`znd 'pe it #'u.~~Uher
.RESDLVED t~ia~ a~ co~i.y~' of ~hzs resoltttion b~: :forw<~rded to
~.'~e a~zrvzva.n~; far~lly of I~Z~~s. Sc?~eu~:rraann a~.d be it further
R~SOLVED that .a copy. of ~his resol.ut~.on be forwarc~ed ~n
:~ssct~131yr.lan Rav E.. John~on so tha~ T~~r~,. Schei~err.zann ~ u
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b~ co~si.dered :Cor any sta'~ew~,de cornmenda~~p~ ~'~r~ bravery ~~zzt
~~~~~y ~~e av~ilaE~l~. ~ :
adop~ed ~hzs :ez~;hth da~' of Deceriber, ~g70.
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A~'TES'F: CLARK A...NEL50N ~ (~/U
Cot~nty C1~rk and ex-n~'fa.ci.o 0'. ' E.: DUNAWAY; Chairma
Cl~.x'k.::of the Board of Supervisors But~e County Board of ~ervisors
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STATE OF CALiFORNIA I2bNALD REAGAN, Governar
D~PARTMENT OF CAiIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL , F~~,~YaN,~
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479 East Park Avenue ~. ~Y;~
Chica, CaJ.a~~ornia 95926
November 3Q, ~i970
To Whom i~ May Concern:
I was'investigating off~c~r af the fatal traffic
acciden~ that oecurred 'I'l/4/7~ when a Southern Paci~~e freigh~
~rain rammed a car sta~.~.ed on its tracks at the Durham
Hi~hwa~ crossing in Durham.
It is my esti~.atza~. ~hat the v.ictim,
Betty Ann Scheu~rmann, died while attemp~ing to save three
sma~.~. ch~ldr~n a.n the car. My a~ficiaZ r~port indica~~s,
in par~: '
"She {Mr~. Scheuermann.) then got aut of the car,
opened the rear door apparently ~gnora.ng the danger a~
th~ approaching trazn ~.n a~utile effort to remav~ ~he
~hree sma~l ch~.~dren fram the vehicle; when~~he train
struck her and the car, knocka.ng it off, the eas~ side o.~
the tracks. ~.
3.'here a. s no doubt in my mind that she c ou]. d have
saved her awn li~e by st~pping.back four or fa.ve paces as
~he hazard af the onru~hing train was apparen~ at the timc.
Th~re is no doubt in my m~.nd ~hat she died ~rying
ta save ~hase kids.
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.. E. I~. I~NDERSON #'l ~2`~
State Tra~~ic Officer
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S1ATE OF CALIFORNfA RONALD REAGAh3, Governor
D~PARTM~N~' OF CALI~ORNIA HIGHWAY PATR'O~. ~~~~aYq~~~
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479 East Park Avenue ~._-~_
Chico, Californ~.a 959~6
To Whom I~ May Concern:
NaVember ?7~ ~970
On November 4, '#970 at approximate].y '1050 hour~ ~
assist~d Officer Henderson #1727 of ~he California Highway Pa~ro~.
investiga~e a fatal acca.dent on Durham Hzghway, (Auto versus
train) nea.r Durham, California.
After compT.etiag the accide~t ~.nves~a.gat~,on (Report No.
24'~-'1'I-'~4-6) on file at'~ ~he California Hzghway Patr~ol Office
in Chico, California, it is my opinian that Mrs. Be~ty Ax~n
Sch~uermann (d~cedent) driver o~ the vehic].e involved with
the tra~n gave her 1.ife whi~e attempting to rescue three small
childr~n ~rapped in her vehic~.e as a resul~ of th~ above
accident. Th~ v~hicle she was drivin~ came to r~st on the
Sou~hern Pac~.~ic Ra~.l.road tracks as a resul~ of the accident,
while a~ the same t~me ~ an. approaching train pu~.~.ing 82 frei~ht
cars was unable to ~stop a.n t~.me to avoid hi~~ing the above
vehicle locat~d on th~ raa.lroad tracks.
At thi~ ~ime, Mrs. B~t~y Ann Scheue~ann (~ubs~an~zatea
by independen~ witnesses} was seen outside af the wrecked
vehic~.e attemp~ing to reach ~~side and r~move the trapped
chi~dr~n,-,be.~ar~: th~ approaching tra~n could s~rike the
veh~cle.
In m~ opina.on support~d by wa.tnesses, had Mrs.
Betty Scheuermarm. s~epped back away..from the wrecked veh~.ele
she wvu~d in a17. probability be alive today. However, in her
fran~ic a~tempts ~o save the ch~.ld~En, she was ki~Zed ~.n the
process.
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. L. J. BENGOA #'1600
: State Traffic Sergeant
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