George Patton
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George Patton was a Legendary war general and was a hero on every level. That didn’t stop fate as he was involved in a near fatal car accident on Dec. 9, 1945. Patton was cut off by a truck that swerved out of control and hit Patton’s side of the car. The results were brutal; a broken neck and spinal cord injury rendered him paralyzed from the neck down. Patton underwent operations but died on Dec. 21, 1945 from heart failure.
