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Show Passing Stalled Bus Brings Fatal Crash Special to The Telegram FARMINGTON. Jan. 23 An automobile turning out to pass a stalled passenger bus collided with an oncoming truck near here Saturday Sat-urday night, fatally injuring Mrs. O. D. Pickett, 82. of Ogallala. Neb. Mrs. Pickett was a passenger In the automobile, driven by her husband. The victim suffered a concussion and other head injuries. Mr. Pickett was unhurt. The Pickett car was traveling southbound back of a Burlington Trailways bus operated by Frank F. Barnes, 1872 Claybourne avenue, a mechanic for the bus line. The bus stalled because of mo tor trouble, according to Lee B. Browning, state highway patrolman. patrol-man. Patrolman Browning and D. Hug-gins, Hug-gins, regional manager of the bus line, said apparently Mr. Pickett saw the bus looming ahead of him In the dusk and swirling snow and began to edge his car toward the (Continued on Pag Sfvtnl t Column PouM 'UTAH TRAFFIC 1 TAKESJ LIVES (Oeatasaed Mat he Oae) left on the Icy highway, a a to pas th bus. Meanwhile. Mr. Pickett saw th oncoming truck and that his path waa blocked on both aide of the highway. He tried to steer back to th right Investigators said, and his ear began skidding. Th Pickett oar shot to th left of th road again lust as It approached ap-proached th bus and collided head-on head-on with the truck at a point just opposite the rear of th bus. Patrolman Browning, following th Malouf truck In his own automobile, auto-mobile, narrowly escaped an accident acci-dent himself because of th slick pavement H aaw th Pickett ear com from back of th bus, la a skid, and pll Into th truck. Th officer had to turn his car onto the highway shoulder to avoid striking th collided vehicles. Patrolman Browning said he could not ascertain whether Mr. Barnes could have coasted hi bus off- the-highway whoa th engine failed. The bus motor "from," the officer said, and may hsvs caused . the rear wheels to lock. Going Slowly Mr. Huf gins said th bus was going go-ing so alowly Mr. Barnes waa unable un-able to coast It off th pavement and that the operator had no time to set out flare or otherwise warn traffic before th accident occurred. oc-curred. Another Burlington bus, driven by R. F. Billings. 304 West First North street had passed the Barnes bus just before th accident and pulled off th highway. Mr. Barnes was "deadheading" his bus Into Salt Lake City. The Barnes bus stopped with Its left wheels approximately four feet from th center line, th lnvestigat-ora lnvestigat-ora said. Separate Probe A separate Investigation was being be-ing mad by Grant E. Syphers, an inspector for th Interstate commerce com-merce commission. The accident occurred at 5:43 p. m, in dusk, with snow falling and visibility very poor. Patrolman Browning said. He described the accident as "on of those things" resulting from icy pavement and th fact the bus and truck happened hap-pened to be at th same place on the highway at th sam tune. Mr. and Mrs. Pickett were on a vacation trip to California and then Texas, to visit a daughter and son. Injuries Fatal -To Woman Special to The Telegram PROVO, Jan. 22 Crazed by an automobile as she tried to arise after a fall on the pavement, Miss Thelma Wilson, 35. was Injured fatally In front of her home at 340 West Third South street Saturday night. She died at a Provo hospital Sunday night of a brain hemorrhage hem-orrhage and suspected skull fracture frac-ture Investigators said Miss Wilson had visited friends across the street from her home. She waa returning return-ing home, slipped on the pave-ment, pave-ment, got up and fell again Just as an automobile approached. The driver, William A. McCaus-land, McCaus-land, 35, of 890 Weat Fourth South street said he did not see Miss Wilson Wil-son until she arose from th street In front of his machine. Apparently the body of the car did not strlks th victim, sine snow on th fender was not disturbed, and Investigators said Miss Wilson' Wil-son' clothes apparently were caught In the wheel and that she was dragged a short distance, probably injuring her head on the pavement. . Police absolved Mr. McClausland. The accident occurred at 9:05 p. m., 100 feet west of the Fourth East street intersection. The near-est near-est street light was at the intersection, inter-section, 100 feet away. Investigators reported visibility was poor, following a storm, and that th street was slick. Estimated Esti-mated speed of the automobile was 10 miles an hour and It required 29 feet In which to stop on the Icy psvement. Miss Wilson was crossing from north to south and the car was going go-ing east. Miss Wilson was born at Spring-ville. Spring-ville. August 21. 1904, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Wilson. Surviving are here parents and a sister, Mrs. Dayaon Ross of Salt Lake City. |