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-[[Image:Laura Bush police report.jpg|135px|thumb|right|Official police report (click to enlarge).]]
-'''Michael Dutton Douglas''' ([[November 16]], [[1945]] – [[November 6]], [[1963]]) was a 17-year-old acquaintance of [[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]] [[Laura Bush]] (then '''Laura Welch''') who was killed when Welch, also 17, failed to stop at a [[stop sign]] while driving and [[car accident|broadsided]] his vehicle. Welch was not ticketed or charged in connection with the collision. According to some accounts, Douglas was a former romantic interest or ex-boyfriend of Welch. [http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/laura.asp]
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-Douglas and Welch were students together at '''Robert E. Lee High School''' in [[Midland, Texas|Midland]], [[Texas]]. Douglas has been described as an active athlete, physically attractive, and intelligent. He was nominated as the school's most popular male student while a junior, an honor typically awarded only to graduating high school seniors.
-In May [[2000]], a two-page police report detailing the fatal crash was made public. The report revealed that on [[November 6]], [[1963]], Welch was driving her [[Chevrolet Impala]] [[sedan]] with one passenger (Judy Dyke, also 17). It was a clear Wednesday night, shortly after 8  p.m., when Welch entered the [[Intersection (road)|intersection]] of [[State Highway 349 (Texas)|State Highway 349]] and [[Farm to Market Road 868]]. Welch failed to observe the intersection's [[stop sign]] and collided into Douglas' [[Chevrolet Corvair]] [[sedan]]. Welch and Dyke sustained minor injuries; Douglas was pronounced dead on arrival at Midland Memorial Hospital.  Welch was not charged with any offense.
-The future First Lady made a brief remark in March 2000 about the crash, "I know this as an adult, and even more as a parent, it was crushing ... for the family involved and for me as well." [http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/e1698.htm]
-==External links and references==
-*[[Christopher Andersen|Andersen, Christopher]], ''George and Laura: Portrait of an American Marriage'',  Harper Collins, 2002. ISBN 0-06-621370-3, (pp. 83-94).
-*[[Ann Gerhart|Gerhart, Ann]], ''The Perfect Wife: The Life and Choices of Laura Bush.'', Simon & Schuster, 2004. ISBN 0-7432-4383-8 (pp. 1-17).
-*[[Dennis B. Roddy|Roddy, Dennis B.]], [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04102/299341.stm "The Book on Laura Bush"], Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, (p. A1.)
-*[[Urban Legends Reference Pages|Snopes.com]], [http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/laura.asp "Claim: While a teenager, future First Lady Laura Bush caused the death of a classmate in a car accident. Status: True."]
-*[[USA Today]], [http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/e1698.htm Article by Jim Vertuno, Associated Press, 3 May 2000.] The first report from a major news agency.
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