Pexa v. Clark

BIEGELMEIER, Judge.

Leo Pexa was the driver of a passenger bus on paved, divided, four-lane U. S. Highway 79 bound for Rapid City, South Dakota, one night when, after passing an automobile about three miles south, he was confronted with several horses on the highway. The bus collided with one of the horses causing the bus to go into the ditch resulting in injuries to Pexa from which he died twelve days later. He left surviving him five children, three of whom were living at home. He was the sole support of his widow and two minor children. Plaintiff’s complaint stated defendants were negligent…