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Show AUTOS KILL TWO UN SOUTH UTAH Southern Utah added two persons to the state's traffic death list with the death Monday of an unidentified unidenti-fied hitchhiker near Cedar City and the death Sunday of Mrs. R. Prince, 47. of Hurricane. Mr. Prince died at a St. George hospital, where she had been since last October 2 when tha automobile in which she wa sitting was struck by a Union Pacific bus. She received re-ceived bead Injuries and underwent a brain operation November IT. The hitchhiker, believed to be from California from several ad-dreases ad-dreases In his pocket, wa struck by an automobile driven by William Kidd, 22. of Los Angeles, according to Sheriff Hal Chrlstensen, who Investigated. In-vestigated. Kidd said tha man. about 60, was walking north, the same direction in which Kidd wa traveling. He said the man, when he sounded hi horn, walked to the left aid of the road, then a he started to pas, walked Into tha middle of the road again, directly in the path of hi machine. Hi story wa corroborated by Rulon Taylor. New Harmon, who said he experienced the same trouble trou-ble when he passed tha man a moment mo-ment before, being forced almost off the road. Sheriff Chrlstensen said it I unlikely any action will be taken against Kidd. In poor condition in an Ogden hospital Monday was another weekend week-end traffic victim. Alexander Caller. 68. of-North Ogden. (truck by an automobile reportedly driven by Gilbert Lauritzen of Brigham City. Cazier wa on a bicycle, officer aid, and started to crosa the highway, high-way, only to turn back into the path of Lauritxen'a machine. The accident occurred last Saturday. |