Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-03-05 | Page 17 | Driver Pleads Innocent to Recklessness

DRIVER PLEADS INNOCENT TO RECKLESSNESS Hospital Says Child Hurt in Mishap In Critical Condition Vern Lamar Mechling 19 West North Temple street charged with reckless driving in connection with an a accident Tuesday in which Linda May Carter 6 wa was critically injured pleaded not guilty before Judge fudge Wilford Moyle Burton in police court Friday Trial was set for 1 March arch 29 The victim of the accident was wa reported in critical condition Friday Friday Fri Fri- day at the L D S hospital where she is being treated for head In ini in- in i juries and body bruises The acci I dent occurred after Miss Carter Carte j left a school bus and was crossing I Redwood road at Eighth North I street The girl was carried 80 feet fee on the front of the car and thrown an additional 18 feet after the maChine machine ma ma- chine skidded to a stop according to the accident report The bus was northbound and the girl was struck by the southbound auto when she ahe started aroun around the rear of the bus according to police re re- re ports