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Show AUTO CRASHES. KILL 3 UTAHf IS OVER WEEKEND Man and Woman Are Victims of Vernal Highway Smash Week-end traffic accidents in Utah and Uintah county Monday Mon-day had added three names to the state's rapidly mounting highway death toll. The dead: D. Shiner, So, who died Monday Mon-day af Injuries received la aa accident ac-cident Saturday night la Spanish Fork canyon, . George Jenkins, 4a, of Vernal, who died Monday of Injuries received re-ceived In aa accident la Uintah eounty Sunday. Mr. "Woe Elaine Richins, 4a, Vernal, killed in the same accident, acci-dent, LaVal Shiner. 17. son of D. Shiner, received only cuts and bruises In the Spanish Fork crash when the men fell out of their automobile auto-mobile during a double collision with two trucks coming from the opposite direction. Driver Last Oaatral Deputy Sheriffs W. T. Lewis and Reuben Christianson, who investigated, investi-gated, said LsVal. the driver, evidently evi-dently lost control of the machine while coming down a hill near Old Tucker, in Spanish Fork canyon. The small car first collided with a truck driven by Alton Carter, Provo. The left front tire blew out and the car swerved into the path of the second truck, driven by Paul Jenk'ns of Orangeville. The elder Shiner fell out on the south side of the machine, receiving a fractured skull. His son fell out on the opposite side and was only bruised and cut. They were taken to the hospital at Price, where D. Shiner died Monday Mon-day at 8 a. m. He was an employe of the Columbia Fuel company at Columbia, in Carbon county. Mrs. Richlns was killed instantly and Jenkins died shortly after being be-ing taken to a hospital at Vernal, of Injuries received in an accident IS miles from Vernal on U. S. highway high-way No. 40. Milton Hacking. 41. of Vernal, suffered bruises and severe shock. Hugh Johnson. 40; Orville Richins. 17. son of the dead woman, and Kenneth Mowery, It, escaped injuries. in-juries. All six persons were occupants of a light truck driven by Mr. Mowery Mow-ery when it crashed into the parked car of Joseph Horrocks. A coroner's jury found the accident acci-dent "unavoidable." - Mrs. Richins was born in Vernal, a daughter of Charles and Martha Haslem Holmes. Surviving are four daughters. Mrs. John Baese and Mildred Richins of Vernal. Mrs. Clive Sprouse. LaPofnt, and Mrs. Vaughn Haslem, Tooele, and three (Confirm! ne Pa StveaV t Column Two! UTAH CRASHES CLAIMJ LIVES (Continued from Pis Onei sons, Orville snd two others whose . names were not learned. ' I Funeral services for Mrs. Richins will be conducted Tuesday at 1 p. m. in the Vernal L. D. S. ward chapeL Salt Lake Traffic Has Lone Injury Indications that Salt Lake City ( traffic accidents were diminishing , were seen Monday with report of i only one minor accident Sunday, , resulting In slight injury to one , person. t Mrs. Walter Chriatianaon. 23, of 825 East Twenty-seventh South J street received treatment a't Salt Lake general hospital for lacera- , Hons to the right leg following a . two-car collision at Twenty-first ; South and State streets Sunday , night Mrs. Chrtstianson wss Injured when a car driven by her husband allegedly collided with a machine : driven by Lamond Weaver, 18, of , 263 Garfield avenue. Andrew Martinson. 66, of 827 East Sixth South street was reported in "fair" condition Monday at general hospital. Martinson suffered a compound fracture of the left leg and a shoulder injury when struck by sn automobile driven by L R. Schram. 82, of 1925 McClelland street Saturday morning at Ninth East and Ninth South streets. Arm" fractures were auffered by two Salt Lake City youths Sunday while at play. LaMar Hawkins. 13. son of Mr. and Mra. Paul Hawkina. of 734 Richards street was treated at general hospital for fracture of the right arm, auffered when he fell while playing in Community ball park Sunday afternoon. David Kurr. 9. aon of Mr. and Mra. Fred Kurr, 2250 Dundee street. I suffered fracture of the left arm I when he tripped while playing with companions near his borne Sunday afternoon. |
