Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-08-22 | Page 1 | Utah Car Kills Girl on Bicycle

UTAH CAR KILLS GIRL ON BICYCLE Child Thrown 14 Feet In Cedar City Crash CrashA A bicycle-automobile bicycle a accident in Cedar City taking the life of ofa ofa had sent a year old girl Friday Utah's traffic for 1941 to against 99 to date last year an increase of 18 per cent The death The death was the was Ce in first Cedar Cedar Ce Ce- dar City th this s y year ar but the third in Iron county The county's death rate was tripled it having had but one fatality up to this time in 1940 S 'S Special cil l to The Telegram n CEDAR CITY Aug 22 Loom 22 Loom Looming ing up on her bicycle into the path of an automobile after dark Beverley Hall 9 9 daughter of Mr and Mrs Gerald Hall Cedar City was struck and killed killed Thursday night Chief of Police Arthur Nelson said the car was driven n by D. D R. R Banks in the block on First North street the driver reporting he had dimmed his headlights when another machine ap approached approached approached ap- ap and that he was unable to stop in time to avoid void hitting the child as she rode into the path of his car The driver said he was proceeding at 25 miles an hour Beverley Chief Nelson said had left leIt tift some playmates and had just started home She was thrown 14 feet by the impact The family t mily has lived here about two years Surviving besides Beverley's Beveley's parents are a brother Garth a sister Geraldine and an infant sister