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Show yOUTH INJURED SLEIGH RIDING IS RECOVERING Three Narrowly Ea , cape. Serious Injury Snow, a sled and an oncoming truck paved the way for an accident ac-cident Saturday when Calvin Miller, Mil-ler, 12-year old Highland Boy youth, was injured seriously In the season's initial coasting mishap. mis-hap. The boy, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Miller, Is recovering at the Bingham hospital. Deputy Sheriffs E. J. Householder House-holder and J. L. Householder, who investigated, absolved Dan Eror, 22, Bingham, driver at the truck, of blame, pronouncing pronounc-ing the accident "unavoidable." The deputies said the mishap occurred when three youths coasted down a steep hill on the main road of upper Bingham Canyon and Into traffic on the narrow road. The three sleds forced a car driven by Howard Thomas ot Bingham off the road, but the Miller boy continued down the hill and crashed Into the truck. He suffered a fractured skull and possible internal Injuries. The accident occurred Saturday at 11 a. m. The thin coating of snow at Highland Boy was the first of the season in Bingham canyon, -sufficient for coasting. |