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Show Second Tooele Crash Victim Dies, Raising Year's Toll in Utah to 146 Utah's 1939 traffic toll stood at 14S Monday after death of the second victim in a Tooele county automobile-truck crash. William John Cook, 32, of Stockton. Stock-ton. Cal, died In a Salt Lake City ' hospital at 11 :25 p. m. Saturday of internal Injuries suffered m the accident which occurred last Wednesday Wed-nesday on the east side of Low pass, about 40 mtles west ol Granta-vlile. Granta-vlile. His brother, Sam Cook, also of Stockton, died a few hours after the accident The state's record to date compare com-pare with 180 In the correspond-. ing period of last year, a decrease of 18:89 per cent while Tooele county marked Its sixth fatality of the year, even with the toll of November 27 last year and with all of 1938. In St. George, meanwhole, a 69-year-old farmer waa near death from Injuries suffered when he was thrown from a horse and run I over by a truck, and ' a young Tabtona woman was in serious condition con-dition after a head-on automobile crash In Wasatch county. Second Accident Victim Dies William John Cook. 32. Stockton. Cal . Injured in a head-on cre'h on U. S. highway 40-50 on the east Cuttnu! on Two) tCoiiiM at) 1 Second Victim Dies -From Crash Injuries 3666 Fifteenth (1500) East street, Salt Lake City. All suffered bruises and shock. Other passengers In the Curry car were Glenna Curry, 13, and Lynn Curry, a, children of Mrs. Curry, and a third Curry child whose name was not reported. Glenha, thrown through the windshield, wind-shield, suffered a broken nose and minor face cuts, while her brother was treated at the Heber City hospital hos-pital with the other injured for cuts and bruises. Mrs. Monroe Giles, 55, mother of Miss Giles, the sixth passenger In the car, suffered suf-fered a sprained ankle. Sheriff Bert Lindsay of Wasatch county said the accident occurred about 1:30 p. m. Sunday at a rise in the road, "a blind spot which obscured vision of both drivers." Crash Victim Reported In Fair Condition An aged man, thrown through a truck windshield In a traffic accident, ac-cident, was In "fair" condition, at the Salt Lake General hospital Monday. The victim, Henry H. Carey, 74, of 3200 Andrew avenue, is being treated for severe face lacerations. The truck, driven by James Jones, 62, of 3200 Andrew avenue, crashed into the rear of an automobile parked in the 3000 block on Highland High-land drive (1400 East street). When an automobile driven by her husband collided with another an-other automobile at Third West and Third South streets Sunday evening, Mrs. Henry H. McEwan, 48, 4t 1296 Gillespie avenue, suffered suf-fered bruises and shock. The other automobile was operated by Clinton Clin-ton Earl, 31, of 21 Pueblo street (CooMrae frees Pass Oea) slope of Low pass In Tooele county last Wednesday, died in a Salt Lake City hospital Saturday night the second fatality of the accident His brother, Sam Cook, 28, also of Stockton, died Wednesday evening: eve-ning: Mrs. William John Cook. 39, and her son, Walter Cook, 8, who suffered severe cuts and bruises, were other passengers in the sedan, se-dan, which collided with a C C C supply truck operated by Albert Saylor. Horseman Thrown, Hit by Truck ST. GEORGE Hela Seegmlller, 69-year-old St. George farmer, was near death at McGregor hospital here Monday, with a multiple skull fracture and other injuries suffered Friday evening when he was thrown from his horse and run over by a truck. Investigators reported Mr. Seegmlller Seeg-mlller was riding across the Rio Virgin bridge a mile and a half southeast of St George when the horse was frightened by an approaching ap-proaching truck, operated by Eddie Jones of St George. The animal reared, throwing the rider on his head in front of the truck, which ran over his legs. Ten Hurt. In Two-Car Crash HEBER Ten persons were Injured, In-jured, one seriously, when two automobiles crashed head-on Sunday Sun-day afternoon on the Heber-Kamas road about 13 miles north of here. Five Salt Lakers were among those suffering minor hurts. Seriously injured was Miss Stella Giles, 21, of Tablona, reported in fair condition Monday at a hospital hos-pital here. Her skull was fractured. frac-tured. Mrs. Oren Curry, 40, of Tabiona, driver ef the northbound automobile. In which Miss Giles was a passenger, is reported in good condition at the same hospital, hospi-tal, with severe knee cuts. The other car, southbound, was operated by Clyde C Edmonds, 49, of 1370 Stratford avenue, Salt Lake City, general manager and secretary secre-tary of the Utah Poultry Producers' Produc-ers' Cooperative association, who suffered minor bruises. Mrs. Edmonds Ed-monds suffered a possible fracture of the right ankle. Others in the Edmonds car were Maxine, 10, and David Edmonds, 15, children of Mr. and Mrs. Edmonds, Ed-monds, and Frank Everett, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Everett of |
