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Show Howard Jones Dies In Fa t al A c c id en t On State Highway Coroner's Jury Returns Verdict of Unavoidable Unavoid-able Accident; Truck Is Unable To Stop As Boy Steps Directly Into Its Path. Howard Jones, 8-year-old - son of Mr. and. Mrs.. E,, L. Jones of Springville,"and a student of- the Jefferson school, was instantly killed Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock "when he was struck by a truck driven by Archie Banner, 20, also of Springville. . . ...... The boy stepped from the. rear of an empty-hay rack, on which he had. been riding, cbrectly in. the path of the approaching ap-proaching car, which officers believe, Avas traveling quite rapidly, as' the youth was knocked. 65 feet. ford and City Marshal Frank Cell-ventra Cell-ventra of Springvtlle. .. The' youth resided at' 85 JSast Seventh South street in Spring-ville. Spring-ville. having. moved' there recently with his parents. In addition to hia brothers and one sister, all of parents, he is survived by fouf Springyllle, . Howard c.iught a ride bh a hay rack driven by V. Bert Allen ol Salem, who had just -delivered a load of hay in Springville and was on hia 'homeward - journey. The waon.w-aa traveling south on tha state higliway and as it approached the Bprlngville-Maploton sujrar factory, fac-tory, the youth -'got off the rear of the wagon stepping directly in the path, of :the truck, which Was traveling north. Banner reported that: he. immedl?..' -.Ty -.applied hia brakes when he ifc.W the youth. "out could not -avoid striking him. ' It waa 300 feet from the spot that Banner struck the youth to the" point where the car was completely stopped, officers stated. The car that Banner was driving was a light truck belonging- to the R. Ll Jex company of Sprkigville. - Banner, together with I.E. Clegg. rushed the youth to Dn Oeorga Anderson's An-derson's office, but death was instantaneous.' in-stantaneous.' the doctor reported, as the youth had received a fractured frac-tured skull, ... ". - ' A coroner's ' inquest ' was "held Thursday night in Sprlngvllie un' dcr the dire'etion -of Justice of th Peace Wayne Johnson: A verdlcf of -"unavoidable accident," was returned re-turned by the jumy composed of W. H. Kearns. WHHanl-Peay and A' D. -Gore. - . u ; . . - ; The-accident was Investigated by -Deputy Sheriff Ira Racker, Asslst-ant Asslst-ant County Attorney Stanley Dun- |
