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When she was 17, Laura Bush sped through a stop sign at 50 mph and slammed into a car coming, with the right-of-way, in the other direction. The other driver, a boy who was a friend of hers in high school, died instantly. The night sky was bright; the road was dry; the sight lines unobstructed. She was never charged or ticketed in the traffic accident, according to the police report. Those I interviewed in Midland regarded this crash as a tragic mistake, as does Mrs. Bush herself. If there was any consideration ever giving to citing the young Laura Welch in any way, I did not learn of it.