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Show j EIGHT HURT IN AUTOMOBILE ; ACCIDENTS Car Skids on Wet Pavement i on Provo TCench and Wrecks Two Cars. Ei'ht iKTismin, on of thorn n yc'iir-iiiHl-n-liiilf-old infant, were sovcroly injured In three automobile jicoidcnlH and mishnim over the week-end, iiwordintf to information received from the sheriff's office. The first accident in which the baby fcusluined a broken collar bone occurred a mile south of the Tjindon hill on Provo IJcnch Hiitur-dny Hiitur-dny evening during the rain storm. Clyde Mitchell with Bevenil pjis- , fie u kith in bin ear was driving north iilnntf the paved road and skidded over on to the left side of the rond, colliding with a sedan driven by N. Ilallat of Salt Lake. Ilallna ttiintaiiied .severe cuts ( about the face and bead and was bruised Hoverely on the back of his i, head. Ilis back was also injured. l' Mitchell wan cut about the mouth, and bis noun broken. Mrs. Levi r Beck of Spaninh Fork, who was holding her ynar-und-n-half-old ,' baby in her arms, escaped injury, hut the child was thrown against j the ear and had Its collar bone (; broken. Miss Elsie Beck had her right log r, . 4-, and knee badly bruised, and an- other occupant of the car, Miss , Elta La whom, also of Spanish Fork, escaped injury. Ilallas was taken to the home of S. li. Davis, 317 South First West street, where 1 his wounds were treated by a ( physician, and the occupants of the Mitchell were taken to the home ,J of relatives in Provo. ' The accident occurred as Mitchell was turning back on the pavement ' after turning out to the right too lill, il 111.1 LUU l-iIJ, I 11 1 V.lll-11 JU IUC IICl pnemcut when the wheels caught on tho edgo of the cement. Kealiz- ing that he couldn't turn back on I the ri'ht side of the road in time to miss the Ilallas car, Mitchell kept his car headed across to the left i side of the road, off the pave ment. Ilallas also turned out to his right ns usual in order to miss the t skidding car, and the two machines ( collided on tho west side of the Iroad. Both cars were damaged almost al-most beyond repair, according to Deputy S. A. Willis who investigated investi-gated the case. : Leon Moore of Payson and Verald Bpainhard of Spring Lake were in-i in-i jnred severely when their car skid ded off the grade when they turned : out to meet another car on the road Tic t ween Spring Lake and Santaquin. Two girls who were also in the car ( escaped injury. Tho car skidded off tho grade and turned over, pin-, pin-, ning the two boys underneath. !; Moore had his collar bone broken ' and Spninhard was injured severe- , ly. They were taken to the Payson I r hospital for treatment. !! The third accident occured nt the I ;: intersection of the canyon rond and I l.'.j tho state road at Orom. David rs Park, the four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Park, was struck by a Ford coupe driven by a girl from American Fork. The child ran 'j: across the road in front of the car ) and the girl driving became excited . ,f and turned "out the same way the child was running and struck the i boy some 10 foot off the side'of the pavement. I ; The child's loft arm was broken i iV just above the elbow and the loft side of his head and forehead were I ' cut. The child was reported resting well and is recovering from the in- , 1 juries. |
