Springville Herald | 1944-01-06 | Page 1 | Lloyd Bird Injured in Train Accident

LLOYD BIRD INJURED IN TRAIN ACCIDENT Lloyd Bird of this city narrowly escaped serious injury Tuesday evening, when the light pickup truck he was driving, was struck by a northbound D. & R. G. Western West-ern railroad freight train at the crossing on Fourth North and Fourth West street. The truck was knocked 20 feet from the tracks crashing into a signal control and was practically demolished by the impact. Lloyd escaped with a deep cut over his eye, bruises to his head and body, and was rendered unconscious. un-conscious. He was taken by the train crew to the Rio Grande depot, and treated by Dr. George Anderson before being taken to his home.