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Show - i t GAR HITS ! TRAIN AT ; CROSSING j Harold Winterton, Wasatch County Stock Raiser, Meets Instant Death When Cattle Truck Hits Freight Train Harold V. Winterton, 28, prominent stockgrower o f Woodland, Utah, was instantly instant-ly killed Wednesday at 11:30 a. m. when the cattle truck he was driving crashed into a west-bound D. & R. G. W. freight engine at the Spring- viile main snect crossing. Hyrum S. Yinterton, 52, his father, was severely, Dut not seriously ser-iously injured. He sustained deep lacerations and cuts about the head 2nd a broken rib. He was treated at the office of Dr. John R. Anderson. Well-Known Breeders The Wintertons, who are well-known well-known throughout the west ns breeders of Hereford cattle, wei" on their way to the Utah, county livestock show at Spanish Fork with four prize steers to be placed j on exhibit. , , . Approaching the crossing at a fairly rapid rate of speed, th J younger Winterton apparently was un&ware of the nearness of the freight train until the engine loomed up ahead directly in front of him. In an effort to avoid striking the train he applied his brakes and swung the truck sharply sharp-ly to the right, causing it to tip over striking the middle of the engine en-gine full force. j Although severely injured and bleeding profusely from a number of cuts about the head, the elder ; Winterton worked heroically to restore re-store consciousness in his son. Dr. Anderson declared that death j was undoubtedly instantaneous. The dead man sustained a broken neck and back. One jaw was fractured frac-tured and he received internal injuries. in-juries. The freight train was extra No. 1605 bound for Salt Lake, in charge of Engineer C. Crowley of Salt Lake. More than 80 freight cars . . made up the train. j Brother Arrives One of the steers was killed and. ; the truck wrecked. i Deloy Winterton, a younger brother of the dead man, was fol- ; lowing a short distance behind his father and brother in a smaller truck with a prize heifer. He arrived ar-rived at the scene of the accident in lime to help the officers remove the two men to the doctor's office. Several serious accidents, many of them ratal, have occurred at the crossing, which is considered ono of the most dangerous in the county. A small bell is the only pro tec-' tion placed there at the present time although it is understood that the railroad company is considering consider-ing the installation of a more elaborate elab-orate warning system. Eyewitnesses Eyewit-nesses declared the bell at the crossing was ringing and the whistle on the engine was sounded a number of times. Harold Winterton was born in Charleston but moved to the Woodland Wood-land ranch with his father's family more than three years ago. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Susie Duke Winterton and three children chil-dren Norman, Margie May and Don Vernon, the latter just ono month old. The following brothers and sisters, sis-ters, all younger than him, also survive: sur-vive: Van Winterton. Mrs Ornca F.immons, Delov, LuMla, Omni, Clair, Ruth and Eva Winterton nil of Woodland, Utah. |