, " -y-T.. -i'-:iLL " '. if;"''.':V',iv5; ;iHT''':'' v.1"''' ; ' ;r.': .- ' " ' - ' ; " ' Z k'. -:? - Local man is hero v.. rv.?; i.i 'i " '."i .'r. . ., 11 , v1". " ' . , . . .. ' . : ictim polled 'from ; berniflg , auto . CENTERVILLE - An elderly " V couple was saved, but another man . , lost his life despite heroic efforts of two men to save them from their burning vehicles following a fiery 'collision last Tuesday afternoon on Interstate Highway 15 near Parrish Lane.-. ' " One of the heroes, Ken Mascar-: enas,25,of 1094 West Gary Street, Layton, said "We did everything we could to save the man who bur-. ncd to death in his car, but we just couldn't get him out in time." ' ; J5 ' " The victim,- Arthur Krahendonk, 57, of 336 Grant Ave., Ogden, peri- shed in the vehicle he was driving, ; after it burst into flames when it ( struck one vehicle and was then 1 j m rammed from behind by a semi-trailer semi-trailer truck, . An Ogden couple, Clarence Snyder, 70, and his wife, Bemice, 67, Txth of 1030 First Street, Og- 6 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 ' ' -' """"" 1 1 1 .-illilf' '''-MtS'-'' w - ' 't ; ' . 1 .:.-! 1' ','.. ' ' ""V". (' ( - t w I j Heroes pull couple ts car (Synders' vehicle) and we ran to that car and began pulling diem out ' I was on the passenger's side with J Mrs. Snyder,. Others were helping Mr. Snyder, who seemed to be the more seriously hurt, out the driver's . side. ' i -; "Just as we were pulling them free, the fire spread throughout the car and within a couple of minutes ; the ?: vehicle was ' engulfed in flames," said Ken. Si. ?T i Trooper Nourse said the Snyder couple was too seriously hurt and in ' shock to have freed themselves from their burning car. "If it weren't wer-en't for those two men, and the other passersby who helped, there would likely have been three fatalities." fatali-ties." ' - '.-Vr - He said it was a chain-reaction accident that happened when the Snyder car suddenly stopped in the middle lane to avoid hitting a large oil drum' that had fallen from a truck. The Kranendonk vehicle hit the rear of the Snyder car and then was rammed from behind by a semi, ' driven by Ron Harrison, 42, Salt Law City, causing the Kranendonk car to explode into flames. Mr. Harrison was not injured. : ; . Witnesses said the Kranendonk car 'literally blew apart' and burst into flames upon impact' Flames then spread to the Synder car. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 den, were seriously injured in the accident but were pulled from the burning vehicle by Mr. Mascarenas and David Black, 47 of 4525 South 280 East, Washington Terrace, and several other passfrsby. The Snyder couple are reported in "fair condition" at. Lakeview Hospital, Bountiful, where theyr were taken following the mishap. k "These two men were heroes in every sense of the word," said Utah Highway Patrolman George Nourse, who investigated.. "They did everything possible to save the victim and the couple would have been burned to death as well if it was not for the efforts of these two men." h Both cars were demolished and the heat and fire in both vehicles were so intense that the insides 1 were completely gutted and the framework melted like pretzels. Ken told how he and the other guy" ran first to the Kranendonk vehicle because it was engulfed in flames and "we knew someone was inside." "The inside of the car was engulfed engul-fed in flames but had not yet reached rea-ched the driver. We tried desperately desperate-ly to get the man dislodged from behind the steering wheel but he ;53WBrwedf5d toofghtly to move. "The safety belt was hooked and couldn't be loosened so the other guy (David) cut it with a pocket knife he had in his pocket. But the driver was still wedged between the steering wheel and seat and . we couldn't get him out -. "Two minutes later, maybe a little more, the fire had reached the victim and caught his hair and clothing on fire. That's when we backed off knowing it was too late to do any good. : "Other passersby wpe yelling that there were people in the other