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Show LOCAL YOUTH KILLED BY CAR : EARLY SUNDA1 ;: i . Hurled from his bicycle in u der the wheels of a passin ' car, Leslie Forter, 14, c : Springville, sustained fat; injuries at 12:45 Sunda ? morning near Tenth South o the Springville road. He die at the Aird hospital at 7:30 i 1 m. Sunday morning as a result t 1 a crushed chest and ribs, one 1 which punctured his lung. Port J was the son of Mr. and Mrs. A) drew Leslie Porter of Springvill 5 Everett Boyer. 14, Porter's co: 1 sin, who was riding on the hand l; bars of the bicycle, sustained s vere abrasions and cuts. He wi able to leave the hospital for h home Sunday morning. i- The two boys were on their we ' home from the county fair wht the accident happened. The car which struck the tv boys was driven by Verl Elliol 20, of 893 East Second Soul e street, Provo. Riding with him i 1 the time of the crash were Roc ' Bullock. 483 j ' A Persons I Third Soutl 1 have j Kenneth a n J j lost their lives j Wendell Hard I In Utah coun- 466 East Secor I ty automobile j South, and a 1 accidents thus I year-old Sprin far In 1931. I ville girl. A other girl wl had been riding with the boys h "j left the car a few minutes befoi , the accident took place. " Charges of involuntary mai slaughter were under consider! ' tion today, and it is possible that 1 complaint will be drawn up later. Deputy Sheriffs Reuben Chrl. ' tensen and oeorge Love;ess, wh investigated the accident, declare J that Porter and Boyer were fm ' foot off the pavement when tl" 1 bicycle was struck by Elliott's ca J According to the story told by Pc ter before hia death, the car w: I seen weaving back and forth aero j the highway as he and his com pa I Ion attempted to get out of the wi behind a post. This statement w I verified by Boyer, Monday. Measurements at the scene of t accident show that the Elliott c travelled 108 feet before it w brought to a stop. , Porter was carried on the fro I fender for a short distance, at then fell under the car, both whee I passing over his body., Boyer ai the bicycle were thrown more the j 20 feet, clear of1 the car and to tl : loft. ' When the officers arrived, Elllo 1 and his companions were carryii Porter to the lawn in front of th residence of O. L. Hedenberg. i The deputies rushed the two bo; ; to the Aird hospital. EveryLhlr. ' possible was done to save the Ui , of Porter, but the puncture of h lung caused his death several hou I later. " When the officers returned ! (ho scene of the crash, they foui ; seven bottles of beer, two cans : malt and a quantity of sur cached In the ditch on the we j side of the road. One of the gli ' told the officers that the boor b i been placed there before the of cers arrived. j Later on, the four boys were i rented while on their way back Springville. They nil admitted ' the officers that they had be drinking beer. i, The two Hnrriy youths were lal released, while IClliolt and Bullo spent the night nt the county ji Following information Bocur from the boys aa to the source their beer, a squad of deputy nh' iffs raided the home of Mrs. Oj i Busby Sunday and confiscated quantity of beer. Mrs. Busby v r-.rraigned In the city court, Mond morning on chnrgeo of posHesai but wnfi given until Wednendny consult an attorney and cntei plea. Porter whs born In, Sprlngvf March 27, 11116. and wan a atudc , of the junior high school. Besides his parent, he Ih b vived by the following brothers a sifters; Mrs. Mclba Foster, I Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. Julia Ke San Bernnrdino, Calif.; Mrs. Tr; Loback, Eugene W. Porter, Ha and Mary Porter, all of Springvj |