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Show . , ' ', - . , -: .'; , v ', 1 - .- . ' . f :- ' , i ... - ' v v '' t x , 1 - , V,. - , . .'JVv INJURED CYCLIST One of the injured riders of a motorcycle involved in an accident with a car on U.S. Highway 89 (Mountain Road) Sunday afternoon is treated by Davis County paramedics and sheriff deputies. Three Davis County teenagers, including one of the cyclists, were killed in two separate weekend accidents. By GARY R. BLODGETT EAST LAYTON - Three Davis County teenagers were killed and a fourth seriously injured in separate traffic accidents ac-cidents over the past weekend. A 14-year-old girl was killed and her companion seriously injured when the motorcycle they were riding collided with a car on U.S. Highway 89 (Mountain Road) about 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Two Clearfield youths, 17 and 18-years of age, were killed when the auto they were riding in missed a curve and rolled down an embankment embank-ment Saturday morning on Utah Highway 39 about 15 miles west of Woodruff in Rich County. KILLED IN the motorcycle accident was Grace Strand, H daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rolf Strand of Oak Forest in East Layton. She died about three hours after the accident in a Salt Lake hospital where she had been airlifted by helicopter from Davis County North Medical Center. A hospital spokesman said Miss Strand suffered massive head and internal injuries. SERIOUSLY injured in the same accident was Kenneth James Hunt, 16, of 2851 Oak Lane, East Layton. He suffered suf-fered a fractured left ankle and collar bone and severe lacerations and bruises. He is listed in "fair condition." Utah Highway Patrolman Farrell Peterson, who was only about a half-mile away when the accident happened, said the couple on the motorcycle motor-cycle was struck by a southbound south-bound auto driven by a 16-year-old Clearfield youth. "BUT ACCORDING to witness wit-ness reports and facts gathered during the investigation, inves-tigation, the youth driving the auto was not at fault," said Trooper Peterson. "Witnesses "Wit-nesses reported, and my investigation confirmed, that the boy made every effort possible to avoid the collision. 'Two witnesses reported in writing that the motorcyclist swerved in front of the auto . after pulling into the inside lane to allow the car to pass on the right. The young driver of the auto was not cited." THE GIRL was carried on the hood of the car for about 110 feet and the driver of the cycle was thrown about 20 feet, landing near the motorcycle motor-cycle off the right shoulder of the highway, the trooper said. "I first treated the girl who was lying on the shoulder of the highway, not even knowing know-ing there was anyone else involved," in-volved," said Trooper Peterson. Peter-son. "Then I heard the boy scream and found him over the embankment, lying in some tall grass. "THE GIRL stopped breathing once and I had to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation resusci-tation to revive her. The paramedics arrived within a few minutes and she was alive when she left the scene but died a few hours later in a Salt Lake hospital." The two teenaged youths killed in the rollover were Chris Trujiilo, 18, of 76 Villa Drive, who officers said was driving, and a passenger, Bernard C. Lemmon, 17, of 73 Villa Drive, Clearfield. YOUNG TRUJILLO was pronounced dead at the scene and the Lemmon youth died a short time later in an Ogden hospital. Utah Highway Patrolman Gary Ogilvie said the east bound auto was traveling at a high-rate of speed when the driver apparently lost control on a curve and the car rolled down an embankment about two miles east of the U.S. Forest Service ranger station at Monte Cristo. THE TROOPER said the two occupants were thrown from the auto, probably on the first roll, but the vehicle continued to roll down the embankment. In an unrelated death, Leo Monks, 275 West 1700 South, Bountiful-Republican candidate can-didate for Davis County Sheriff in the November 7 election-died of a heart attack at-tack while deer hunting in Duchesne County. SEE ANOTHER story about Mr. Monks' death. |