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Birth — 1947 1 May 1947 Aberdeen, Grays Harbor, Washington, USA
Death — 1966 17 June 1966 Anaheim, California, USA He died at the age of 19.
1966 - MONORAIL KILLS YOUTH CLIMBING ON TRACK.
Anaheim, Calif. - The Disneyland monorail train Friday night slammed into and killed a 19-year-old youth who had climbed 20 feet to a trestle in an apparent effort to gain free entrance into the Anaheim amusement park.
THOMAS GUY CLEVELAND of Northridge was crushed between the train and a protective plastic canopy which extends on either side of the monorail trestles beneath the track.
Investigating officers said the boy had scaled two chain link fences, one six feet high and the other 16 feet high, to gain access to the track at a point where it crosses the employes' parking lot.
Disneyland spokesmen said the accident occurred at 9:25 p.m. when the monorail was grinding toward its Tomorrowland stop at 25 mph.
Operator of the monorail, Dallas Baker, told police he didn't see the youth on the track before the accident, and was unaware of anything unusual until he felt a bump and the train stopped because of a loss of power.
Birth — 1947
Death — 1966
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