Show I TWO TO mE DIE IN INVERNAL VERNAL eGe TRUCK CRASH GRASH Tragedy Mars Crash Record Of Uintah County Trag Tragedy dy struck the Vernal camp last Thursday when two of its enrollees were dead and two more suffering serious injuries as asa asa asa a result of a a. convoy truck accident on the Ashley creek road two miles east t of V Vernal Venal C The bodies of Leonard Spencer 18 of Cincinnati Ohio and Ellis Bergman 19 of Munice Indiana were shipped to their parents Sat Sat- Jerome Broxton 18 of Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincin Cincin- nati suffered internal injuries and concussion of the brain and James Adams 19 also of Cincinnati was cut and bruised It is expected that both boys will recover re re- re cover 17 Months Record The accident which marred Uintah county's record of more than 17 months without a traffic fatality occurred when a truck carrying 15 enrollees left the road at a a. turn plowed through a a. fence and turned over several times Spencer was pinned under the wreckage and was killed Instantly I Bergmans Bergman's leg was crushed under the overturned machine He died later after an emergency operation had been been- performed to amputate the leg The tragedy vas was the first fatal motor vehicle crash in Uintah county since 1937 During 1938 Continued on Page 8 |