Show o oI I The Right Course I 0 MOTORISTS in general should ponder the yi action of Wren Wilkins chief of police 5 5 of f Provo recently involved in a fatal fat accident acci- acci J dent deit Ji on the state highway Public officials n er- er investigating the circumstances surround- surround r h i nl accident relieved Wilkins of re p n-I n nIr r sWI fy declaring that th the death o of the victim lm I r. las i caused aus by an unavoidable accident 1 The Theil he majority il rity ity of motorists would consider this his j s failing to remember that this diss dis- dis r s sil l is not a matter of record and without i O iding d. d in 10 court t Il v The Provo officer however was not content to let the matter drop With ith this J clearance He insisted upon a formal in vesti- vesti S Ration tion by the coroner and an inquest The coroners coroner's jury reached the same conclusion conclusionS S a as the investigating officers that officers that the accident accident accident acci acci- dent was unavoidable The action of theS the S jur jury jurg is a matter of record and will forever r relieve lieve Wilkins of any responsibility for reckless reck reck- J I l les less driving If motorists and the Utah public publicS public'S I. I S 'S j in general would insist upon this course in f all fatal automobile accidents th the record in inthe L the end no would be much more satisfactory In Jn In practically every state in the Union cX except pt Utah the office of coroner is one of the tile most active on the list In every violent 0 death the coroner is one of the first men o on I tHe trie job He not only makes a hand first-hand S Investigation but examines witnesses In lr 1 some places the body cannot be moved until S th the coroner has made his investigation tri In tr I i S Utah the office has become inactive Before f th the fee system was abolished in the justices justices' p courts this office was an active one providing a clear check on violent deaths and a re record ord of responsibility Today it i is S u ed only when the county attorney directs I if if it S leaving all preliminary investigations t to individual police officers It would be better r 5 j rall all concerned if we made a complete anc and andt I t Official record of all deaths from violence r- r 1 the Khe evidence is fresh i S |