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Show Truck-Auto Crash tills 2 Near American Fork Tele gram Stats Service AMERICAN FORK. Oct Officers Of-ficers Thursday wars continuing their investigation Into the truck-sadaa truck-sadaa head-on collision at 4:10 p.m. Deathe of two Eparaua ys g atea Wednesday as a result of a tmeh-aute eolllsloa Bear Americaa Fork, boosted Utah county's IMS highway death total to tl, oaly three short of Its 14S total. The fatalities mcreaaed the state's ton. to 1M. compared to 154 . aa the same data last year aad M short of tha IMS total. Wednesday 1 miles east of here on U. 8. highwsy 01 which took tha lives of two Ephraim men. Killed Instantly waa Me! via Christensea, 24,. who was riding la' ths ear. Gerald D. Olsen, 21, driver of the automobile, died of multiple Injuries at 10:15 p.m. Wednesday In a local hospital. Driver of tha truck, LaMar D. Bunnell, 32, Prove,- escaped with shock and bruises. Believe Car Swerved The west-bound Ephraim ear apparently ap-parently swerved Into the east-bound east-bound traffic lane, said Deputy Sheriff Walter Durrant who, with Melvtn W. Grant of the stats highway high-way patrol. Investigated tha accident ac-cident An automobile preceding the truck drove off the road to avoid a collision, but Mr. Bunnell told of fleers he was- unable to do so ia tima to avoid tha crash. Officers Thursday were attempting attempt-ing to locate the driver of the ear which avoided the collision in an attempt to gain Information which might enlighten them aa to why the death car awsrvsd into ths east-bound traffic lane. Deputy Durrant said weather and road conditions wars ideal. Melvtn Leo Chrtstensen waa bora July 4, 1029, at Ephraim, a son of Newell and Marcella Jensen Chrtstensen. Chrts-tensen. He attended Ephraim schools and Snow college. He served with tha U. 8. marv overseas for four years during World War TL Ha waa self-employed as a logger. He was a member mem-ber of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Surviving are his parents, Ephraim: Eph-raim: two brothers and a sister: Moyle Christ ensen, Ogden: Don Christensea, Ephraim. and Mrs. Bonnie Nielson, Chaster, Sanpete county, and two grandfathers, C. F. Jensen and Parley Christensea, Christen-sea, both of Ephraim. Nevada Native . Gerald DeVoa Olsen waa born May S, 1929, ia Ruth, Nsv a bob of Sherman aad Florence Paulsen Olsen. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter-day Saints. Surviving, besides his parents, Ephraim, are the following broth-era broth-era and slaters: Douglas, Gaylea and Kendall Olsen and Linda Olsen. Ephraim: Melvin S. Olsen and Mrs. Keith Miner, Tooele, and Mrs. Cecil Cox. Mantl. Funeral arrangements will bs i announced from Ephraua, |