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Jun 13, 1960
Steel guitarist Jerry Byrd suffers three fractured ribs and a broken knee cap in an auto accident, forcing him to spend more than a week in the hospital. Byrd's work includes recordings by Hank Williams, Eddy Arnold and Marty Robbins
Aug 20, 1960
Marty Robbins crashes into two other racers when his micro-midget car, nicknamed the Big Iron Special, loses a wheel in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Robbins is uninjured
Sep 17, 1960
Patsy Cline's fan club president, Treva Miller, is killed by a drunk driver
Dec 3, 1960
Dave Dudley is hit by a car while getting out of his own vehicle on a Minneapolis street. He is taken to Methodist Hospital and diagnosed with a fractured leg, a broken pelvis and facial cuts, among other injuries. Dudley invests the $14,000 he receives from the insurance company to record "Six Days On The Road"
Dec 23, 1960
Two 150-pound marble flower vases and a marble replica of Hank Williams' hat are stolen from his grave in Montgomery, Alabama
Mar 11, 1961
Ray Price's driver steers his bus off Highway 90 south of Valentine, Texas, to avoid a pickup truck when it pulls up onto the pavement from the side of the road. The driver's maneuver likely saves lives, though the bus breaks in two
Mar 13, 1961
Chuck Berry, the author of "Johnny B. Goode," is tried in St. Louis, Missouri, for the third time in 13 months for violating the Mann Act, a federal statute designed to combat prostitution. He is ultimately found guilty and given a three-year sentence
Apr 3, 1961
Spade Cooley beats his wife, Ella Mae, at his home in Kern County, California, and threatens to kill his 14-year-old daughter, Melody, if she tells anyone. Ella Mae is pronounced dead after midnight, and he receives a life sentence for the crime
May 23, 1961
Gene Autry is arrested in North Hollywood and charged with drunk driving after failing a field sobriety test. He's released on $263 bail
Jun 14, 1961
Patsy Cline is seriously injured in a head-on collision in Nashville. Two passengers in the other car die, while Cline receives a dislocated hip and a cut across her forehead
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