Show RECOUNT HIKES TRAFFIC TOLL TOLLA A ruling of the National Safety council holding death in February of a Garfield county woman to be bea a traffic fatality Monday had in increased increased in- in creased d Utah's 1940 motor vehicle death toll to 59 The figure compares with 48 up to this time in 1939 an in increase increase increase in- in crease of approximately 22 per cent It was vas the first traffic traffic- fatality of 1940 for Garfield county which had two to date in 1939 and four in all of 1939 The victim was Mrs Elizabeth Lund injured in an accident accident accident ac ac- ac- ac January 18 on the Marys- Marys vale-Panguitch vale road She died February 3 The death certificate listed primary cause of death as coronary thrombosis and contrib- contrib contributory ut ry causes as hypertension and fractured pelvis The council informed Harry Strong o of the state tax commission commission commission commis commis- sion that in its opinion primary cause of death was associated with the accident injuries The state commission Mr Strong said revised revised revised re re- re- re its records to list the death as a traffic fatality |