Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-12-12 | Page 1 | S. L. Man Dies as Truck Hits Moving Train

SI LIMAN LI MAN DIES r AS' AS TRU K HITS M MOVING VING TRAIN Fog Obscures Vision of S Driver Machine Takes Fire PASSENGERS PASSENGER TIED TIED- UP Coaches Delayed 2 Hours From Impact SPANISH FORK Dec 12 2 Special ci cial Frank I Frank Hazzard 23 of South West Templo street Salt Lake was instantly kill killed d Friday morning at 9 o'clock when his truck plunged with great great- force into a a. moving Or Orem em train at t Spanish Span Span- jab ish Fork Accord According According- In to witnesses a a. dense b bank of oC to fog obscured the tho th c anc Hazzard was so blinded that he did not seo the train The Tho tr truck ck caught Ire fire and the Spanish Fork fire tire department nt ought fought tho o bl blaze The Tho machine had struck the pa passenger car with such s ch force that it was two hours before the tr train ln c could be be moved mo TRAIN TRAIN SLOWING Mr Hazzard w was s driving t for for- forthe the Hales Trucking comp company riY The train bO bound nd for tor Salt Lake Lak had had just Jus started to 81 slow w down for forthe the Ing Ingon On n Main street t. t when tho accident accident acci acci- dent occurred A portion of th ste steering pear rIng e r of th the struck pierced s skull i C- C Hazzard ia r resident ot ot Salt k having h vl g the e- e his s former hi h ln n nio In Illinois His HIs' Id ww who survives lh dJ In S Salt 1 Lake on on Thanksgiving Thanks Thanks-i giving gl r day The cO couple plo h had d n no children N BOUND FOR CEDAR CITY I The Tho ho victim left Salt Sal Lake Lako at it 6 a. a m in Friday ac according to his em employer I eln-I W. W V. V C. C Haley a a truckload truck load of ot merchandise bound for tori C Cedar COdar CIl City Ho lb was 8 accompanied by another tru truck k driven by W. W A A A. Hales brother 11 of W. W 1 L. L Hales with whom the tho Hazards lived and arid also aso a a. member of ot the trucking ruckinG firm A it- it third brother other W. W A. A Hales also a. a Ln member of the firm left Salt Sail Lake immediately Jy after being in informed Informed informed in- in formed of or tho the tragedy Mrs Hazzard at nt the Hales residence resi dence suffered severe severo Iho shock k wHen lien informed of of- the fatal accident