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Show VICTIM STRUCK -BY CAR III SADIES SA-DIES OFHURTS Death of Pedestrian Hikes Utah Traffic Toll to Seven (Other traffic news on local pat.) The black flag of traffic death flew In Salt Lake City Tuesday for the second time in 1940. Struck by an automobile Monday Mon-day evening, John H. Davis, 61, of 466 North Second West street, died at Holy Cross hospital at 1:45 a. m. Tuesday. Both fatalities in the city this year Involved pedestrians. First death was that of Walter W. Steed, 81. of 239S East 3500 South street, Injured fatally the night of January Janu-ary 1. The city s highway death toll of two this year compares with none up to January 9 in 1939. Five In Area . Mr. Davis' death raised to five the total this year in the metropolitan metro-politan area embracing Salt Lake City and county, Davis county and Utah county. The toll for the entire state was raised to seven, compared with five up to January 9 In 1939, an increase of 29 per cent. Mr. Davis was struck by an automobile auto-mobile driven by Otto Ruflin, 30, of Woods Cross, as he attempted to cross Second West street 98 feet south of the Seventh North street Intersection at 6:35 p. m. Tell of Accident Mr. Ruflin and his wife told Traffic Patrolman Victor R. Heath that Mr. Davis stepped from in front of a parked automobile on the west side of the street, Into the second traffic lane and directly in front of the southbound Ruflin automobile. Mr. Ruflin said he attempted to avoid striking the pedestrian by applying brakes and swerving the car. He reported the machine was traveling about 25 miles an hour. The accident report of Patrolman Patrol-man Heath absolved the driver, noting the pedestrian did not have right of way and did not keep proper lookout. Mr. Davis, who suffered fractures frac-tures of both legs and a broken left arm, told Patrolman Heath he did not see the car approaching Continued on Pl Flvt (Column Two l |