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Show I ! Two died in car wreck j near Crescent Junction ; Two California women lost their lives '. Saturday morning, Aug. 27, in a one-car ' rollover on 1-70 one-half mile east of Crescent Junction. ; Verda Leann Forkner, 19, Whirtier, I Calif., was driving a 1972 Ford Pinto '. hatchback, accompanied by Karen E. Craft, 30, Norwalk, in the front seat, and j Janice Garcia, 30, also Norwalk, in the ; back seat. '. She was traveling east in the left '. lane, beginning to pass two vehicles ' ahead in the right lane when the second vehicle also started to pass. She drove into the safety zone and the front seat ; passenger took the wheel and pulled : right, which caused the vehicle, to roll '. once completely. Forkner and Craft were ejected and ; killed. Garcia was injured and taken to ; Allen Memorial Hospital, where she was '. listed in satisfactory condition this week. '. Investigating Trooper Tim Wall said the accident occurred at 8:55 a.m., and ; that the vehicle involved was traveling at ; about 70 miles per hour at the time. |