Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-05-01 | Page 1 | Auto Hurls S. L. Man High in Air

PEDESTRIAN, 74, LOSES LEG; LITTLE HOPE HELD FOU IE i i ! i ! i t i i I ! . i TAKING MAT DAY WALK, LIE WAS VICTIM OF ALTOMOEILE Matt Vattaick. 74, at Gfaeral hospital. Nursa fa Edith Joan. Tragedy Strikes on May Day 1 Stroll Thrown completely aver aa automobile auto-mobile whea he sUpped lata lu path. Matt VarbeRtck. Ta, resident of tha county infirmary, waa critically criti-cally Injured Saturday at 11:10 pas. HU right leg was ampauted at tha Salt Lake general hospital and physicians said be was aot expected ex-pected ta live. The driver of tha ear, Mrs. Earl L Thayne, 21, Murray, said she was driving north, midway In the 100 block aa stale street, and was passing another machine when she saw Mr. Verbonlck U ths right, front af bar car. Before alts could apply brakes, she said, hs was struck. Tarawa Over Aula ' Marks oa kar oar IndiraU Verbonlck Ver-bonlck was struck by tha right front hamper, thrown against the right fender, against tha windshield and ever the top af tha machine. He suffered a compound fracture of tha right leg, suspected fracture frac-ture af the left leg. probable skull fracture and bruises. Mrs. Thayne said aha was driving driv-ing 2 mllea an hour. Ths driver at the machine Mrs. Thayne waa passing stopped, then went to the general hospital to report re-port .the accident and request aa ambulance. ! He gave his same aa Robert B. Heaps, !Oa East Thirty-ninth South street. The Impact tore the heals from Mr. Verbonlck's shoes The victim, a resident of tha Infirmary In-firmary sines lfcJO, waa aut for a May day walk. A native af Severla, Austria, Mr. tCeetlnved en Tbreel kum r.uat l CAR IlUriS !".!!, I 74,10:1m Vorbealek easae ta tKa United Stelae tt years Me. Infirmary ratawao hM bo- baa tela uvea ,