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Show Car-Truck Crash Results In Death to One Critical Injury to Other Death to Gerald Kirkpatrick, 28, Salt Lake City, and serious injury to Edmore Darling, formerly form-erly of American Fork, resulted! when a car in which the two men were riding, swerved into the path of a Garrett freight truck at Fifth East and State street American Fork shortly after 10 p. m. Wednesday night. Both men were rushed to the local hospital in an unconscious condition where examination disclosed dis-closed that both were in critical condition. Mr. Kirkpatrick succumbed suc-cumbed early yesterday and late in the afternoon a report from the hospital said Darling was still unconscious and critical. State Patrolman Melvin Grant and City Officer Mel Anderson investigated the accident and ; witnesses agreed that the auto- mobile came onto the highway and in avoiding another car J swerved into the path of the Garrett truck, which was traveling travel-ing east on the highway. The car was badly smashed. Theodore A. Griffiths, 36, Salt ILake City, was driver of the 'truck. |