Show Little Girl Struck by Auto Is in a Serious Condition I Leda Cooper Five Years of Age May Die of Her Injuries I Leda ed Cooper 5 years of a age e who was was was' struck by an automobile driven by J. J E E. ODonnell O'Donnell at Third South and West Temple streets at 5 o 0 clock o'clock last JAet ni night ht is ill in a serious condition at Judge Mercy ercy hospital and fears arc are entertained cd that she ehe may not recover In addition to a concussion of the tho brain tho child suffered a fractured the collarbone and internal extent of at which her physician has been beenu u unable able to determine The child child is is a R. dau daughter of Mrs W. W F. F Cooper and her home bome is with her ber parents at nt Thistle Utah She and her hor mother arc are guests of Mrs Coopers Cooper's sis sister sis sis- is- is ter tor Miss Tillie Nelson South West Temple street As soon as the child was wu struck ODonnell O'Donnell who is a son eon of E. E G. G ODonnell O'Donnell ODonnell O'Donnell ODon nell an undertaker and former member of tho the city council stopped tho the machine machine ma ma- chine and lind taking the child from be I tween the front wheels of the heavy car ear car drove with hor bar to police headquarters headQuarters head head- Quarters where she was tended attended in inthe inthe the emergency enc hospital by Dr Hardio Hardie Lynch I The first examination disclosed no evidence a of serious injury and 0 ODonnell O'Donnell ODon ODou Don i nell nen took tho the child to her home in his I Icar car Shortly after the child was taken home homo she became unconscious and Dr A. A N. N was called He ordered the child taken to th the hospital at once where whore her condition is being watched carefully When 0 ODonnell O'Donnell drove to the emergency emergency emergency emer emer- gency hospital with the child he took with him Patrolman who saw the accident while ho he was patrolling his beat 0 ODonnell O'Donnell was not held heId Achon Action Ac Ac- tion hon in the matter will depend lar largely ely upon the the- outcome of the childs child's in in- in juries ODonnell O'Donnell U says that he had started out outon outon outon on a call from his is fathers father's undertaking e establishment an and had crossed West Tem Tom Temple Tompie Temple pie street to the west Wt side and was as still driving on the the low gear when whon he caught up lip with a heavy truck which Ich was as b being followed by a half halt dozen doun little children He tooted l his a horn several times but ut they paid no attention to him he says and as he drew r UI IiD p beside the truck he be shouted to them thorn The driver of ot the truck also Jel shouted and the children all ran 4 xi g f 2 t c C CLEDA LEDA COOPER some of them crossing crossin directly In front of his hla machine The Cooper girl who was apparently the youngest est In the crowd also started across In front of him and fell feU down The front end of ot the machine passed over her but It was thought that she abs was between the wheels and had escaped serious senous Injury Mr ODonnel says that ho ha was not going faster than three miles an hour After looking the child over and taking tak talc log ing X-ra X ray X-ray pictures I found that she ehe had suffered a a. fracture of the loft leCt clavicle and a a. concussion of ot the brain says Dr I cannot say eay whether hether or not nol she suffered Internal Injuries It will take time to determine this phase of her case |