Show J t F t ri fl 2 i t 4 j I J i f t M r Iii r rs s y 1 M Y l 1 II Bud Swenson in Desperate Fight for Time as Train Roars Near i Hud Bud Swenson local agent for lor the Mountain Pixel Fuel Supply Com Company pan in Coalville can call be forgiven if it lie he is a a. little shook I up tits tits' j. j for lor a few days dars lIe He took part in n frightening experience in Weber Can Canyon about U am ant Wednesday which will ring in hl his memory for tor a n long time tiute A westbound truck loaded with pounds of beef en route from Sidney Neb to L Los S Angeles went off the highway highway highway high- high way just west of Taggarts Taggart's rt's on Highway 30 In Morgan County County County Coun- Coun ty and landed on the adjoining Union Pacific tracks Bud DUd was WitS the first man on the scene He lie tells the story t tI I I left the pick pickup in the mi middle dle of the road rond and jumped down onto tho tito track truck 1 i could hear one man matt yelling and beo seo the tho other man Tried fried both Loth doors door's but both were wedged shut Tho The truck truck was lying on its left side with the cab just barely on the tho track I I 4 An Au eastbound hearse stopped an and the tho driver jumped j down to help Ills Ilia mother was with him an and I 1 dont don't know w. w whether there was a n body in tho the hearse or not I ran t to tho pick up and grabbed a n heavy six six- six foot oot bar tried to 1 pry r tho the doors doors' open No luck I 4 t Meanwhile I had one eye on the tracks and I wasn't surprised when the mans man's mother standing on the highway screamed a warning A freight was coming through the tunnel eastbound All we could do was jump for the high highway way and we did just that There was a n horrible crash and screeching hing and bT grinding and a big telegraph pole beside the tho track was sheared off at tho the ground and still attached to its wires it swung violently h ward tho the cliff and just missed tho the mans man's mother by inches I I couldn't bear boor to look I knew there thero would be arms arras and legs and insides and heads scattered for 50 yards But Dut instead instead- it was just simply miraculous The train knocked the cab cab oft off the tracks and opened one ono door The man I hadn't seen seen cam cadre camo rolling out l in l a n little ball and landed right against the tho the fhe highway It turned out he was qui quite e badly hurt but h he insisted ed we get his partner his partner out before the wreck caught fire I re reached ched through the broken windshield of the cl cab cland and lifted theother the theother other driver and he lit on his feet and walked away j just s a afew a afew a afew few little scratches By this time other passing motorists were stopping Brent Taggart had been busy on tho the phone and the Morgan ambulance came at once along with officers and oth others rs The hearse driver left after the ambulance pulled out I I didn't get his name name I I want to meet him lIe He was OK So now please be a a 1 little patient with Bud Dud Swenson if if jf he ho seems just a n little jittery fora for lor a II few days You'll understand Another Summit County resident pretty well shook up upP is Mrs Roy Boy Johnson of Henefer She was right behind the e truck wh when n i it rolled over Not being in a n position to b beef beof of help she displayed rare aro presence of mind by turning around in the highway and retreating to the Taggart station station tp report the mishap She Sh too is still jittery T M l t f B i J. J |