Salt Lake Telegram | 1948-09-02 | Page 1 | S. L. Boy, 6 Loses Foot under Train Wheels

t t I 1 t f- f J 1 t III ML I I II I r r- r I gAc I Ip p A d. d q z iI 4 1 I 4 I f A y M v i 1 4 I 1 L I. I Tribune Telegram Photo White Photo White Ii t Young Amputee Forces Grim Smile ti Grimly forcing a smile despite pain ain and ami shock of 01 11 losing right foot and lower leg Brent Sartori 6 fights back hack tears in hospital The ho boy was vas run I b train he ed home over o by Wednesday as pla played near S. S L. L Boy 6 Loses Foot Under Train Wheels Not yet fully aware of what had I happened brave Brent Sartori year old son sort of Mr and Mrs Val Sartori W. W North Temple Thursday eyed the future in a aI atypical atypical I typical small boy fashion despite the loss of his right fo foot t and lower leg I I He was recuperating ng Thursday from an amputation required after he was run over by a freight train Wednesday at pm p.m. near the west westend end of the North Temple via via- duct Wish Vish they'd g give ge e me a wheel wheelchair wheelchair wheelchair chair he murmured as he lie lay in inthe inthe inthe the childrens children's ward at St. St Marks Mark's hospital If they'd give me a wheel chair I coul wheel it all aU by myself I It was this preoccupation with wheels which led to the childs child's injury police reports indicated He and a companion were playing in inthe inthe inthe the railroad yards underneath the viaduct hitching rides on passing freights when Brent slipped be be- I neath the wheels mangling his right foot He was found shortly after the accident by Edward F. F Hoskins Hoskin's 22 V. W. South Temple who was crossing the viaduct by the boys boy's screams Mr Hoskins left the viaduct viaduct viaduct via via- duct and found the boy still conscious con con- lying approximately 50 feet reet west of the western-most western traCKs racks where he had dragged himself himself himself him him- self following loing the accident Mr H Hoskins skIn took the vi victim tini home about yards west of the tracks and Mrs Roland S. S Reese lOth East a visitor at the Sartori residence drove the child chUd to Salt Lake General hospital After emergency treatment the boy joy was transferred to St. St Marks Mark's where the amputation was performed per- per i formed ormed