Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-06-06 | Page 5 | Speeder Wreck Fatal to Rider

SPEEDER WRECK FATAL TO RIDER Special to The TeJ Tel nan TACOMA Colo Cob Juno June 6 A 6 A porcupines porcupine's por por- or- or cupine's boldness brought death to LeRoy Haley foreman of the tho Western West Vest Vestern em ern Colorado Power company's lo local local local lo- lo cal plant hero here last night Mr Haley with his his' wife and another another another an an- other man were riding the Denver Rio Grande Western railroad tracks on a speedster from the highway highway highway high high- way junction towards the company's company's com corn pany's plant shortly before beCore raid mid night Parallel to the tho tracks rolls rons the Animas river About a quarter of ot a mile below this town they met a porcupine and the little beast apparently confident confident confident con con- beneath its thousand spears saw no reason for yielding right right-of- way to the rail ran car The Tho speedster struck tho the porcu porcu- pine jine squarely and a moment lat later r leap leaped d the rails and plunged towards awards the river Mr Haley was hurled into the stream and apparently apparently apparently drowned Mrs Haley and the third passenger passenger passenger ger on the speeder were thrown clear on the grade and escaped with superficial injuries C C C workers were searching for Cor Mr Haleys Haley's body today The porcupine wa-s wa was killed The Western Vestern Colorado Power company Is a subsidiary of Utah Power and Light company Salt Sal Lake City officials were informed of ot the fatal accident Thursday b by W. W C. C Allen Anen an officer of the former firm Mr Haley had been employed employed em em- by the Colorado company for tor several years