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Show HEAD IS CRUSHED : BY WHEEL rlv Horace Preston, High School 5 student ; Dies . At Lehi Hospital; Three Provo Girls "' Are Members of Party. ;h: et- AMERICAN FORK Hor-,:i Hor-,:i : ace Preston, 17, son of Wil-, Wil-, ; iam H. and Fern M. Preston r of American Fork, sustained I"': fatal injuries Sunday evening I when he fell under the wheels ! of his own car, which passed ? over his head. He died at 9:30 Sunday evening or at the Lehi hospital, an hour after p:V lt,c accident had occurred. !:i UfMs Fall Preston was riding with another 't; Amcrican Fork boy and three girls from Provo in Preston's car. The Hehts on the car went out and Preston attempted to repair them while the car was in motion. ' Turning the wheel over to Miss Fay Dixon of Provo, the youth trawl out on the front fender to naminc the wiring. The car hit a bump in the road and Preston (Pll off in front of the car. His ntad was badly crushed. Earl Crookston of American Fork, a member of the party, who followed closely, behind the car, pirked up Preston and took him to the Lehi hospital.- , The accident occurred on the road between the Fourth ward acre and the business district at American Fork. : Others in the Treston car were Maude Halliday and Nora Ellis of Provo, and Kldon Draper of American Fork. Young Preston is survived by hi3 parents; a brother, Merrill, and a jiater, Edith, all of American Kork. His father is proprietor of the Peoples' Mill and Elevator company here. He Is also a member mem-ber of the Third ward bishopric. Kuneral services ' will be held i Thursday in the Third ward chBpcl. |