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Show - - - Youn Young Girl Girllilled GiriKilled Killed { WhenRun When WhenRun WhenRun Run Over by Gravel Truck ( Maureen Hoffman , 8 , Meets MeetsInstant MeetsInstant MeetsInstant Instant Death UnderWheels Under Under"heels Underw "heels heels w " heels of Hea , y yMach yMachine yMachine Mach Machine MachineGrand me Grand county countys s first traffiC trafficr trafficrfatality traffic-fatality traffic fatality ' - fataIlty fatality in about two t\\O t O \ years 5 ) ears oc- oc ocourred occurred oc occurred - curred ourred Tuesday evening at 6 30 30when 30when when Maureen Hoffman 8 eldestdaugliter eldest eldestdaughter daughter of Mr and Mrs RobertHoffman Robert RobertHoffman Hoffman was instantly killed killedI killedwhen killedwhen I Iwhen I when struck by a gravel truc truck ! . , on onthe onthe the oiled hlgh\\ hlgh highway hlghay \ ay one block ea"t eat eatof ea-tof ea tof " ' - I Ithe of buildingThe bulldmgThe the high school schvol building bulldmg RichardWestwood RIchardWestv.ood The truck driven by RIchard Westv.ood Westvood Westwood . 19 was traveling east eastard eastward east.ward eastward . \\ard ard ward \ on the highway hlghllay Another I AnotherI truck Anothertruck driven by Robert Tangren 18had 18 18I 18had 18had I had stopped at a street intersec intersecI intersecbon Intersectiost bon tiost and arid the little girl jumpedoff jumped jumped10ff I 1 1off off this truck and was struck b bthe > ) 10ff the passedThe gravel truck as It passed The child cruld apparently ran into intothe Intothe intothe andI the side of the gravel truck tmck and andso I so \ was as thro throvn vn on under the dual wheels wheelswhIch wheelswhich wheelswhich whIch passed over her head and andI andibody andIbody I bodY ibody She died instantlyAn Instantly InstantlyAn instantlyI An investigationas Investigation so \ was \\as as as immediate Immediately office'and officeand I ' ly conducted by the sheriffs sheriff s office officeand officeand and a coroners coroner s inquest was heldbefore held heldbefore heldbefore before Dave A . . Johnson justice of ofthe ofthe orthe the peace The jury imDaneIIed Ininanelled imDaneIIedwas Ininanelledwas ImoaneIIedwas was W V J Hawks Ha\\ks Ha ks \ Edgar Haies Haes Ha3es ) and andINeldon andNeldon andiNeIdon INeldon Neldon S Chrlstensen Christensen The hear hearmg hearlang hearing lang mg was Vias conducted at 3 oclock o 0 clock yes I yesIterday yesI yesterday terday and the jury after examin exaniin examinling exaniining exanun ling | ing all facts in 111 the tragedy rend rendered renderect rendered ered erect . a verdict to the effect that the thechild thechild thechild child was killed kiIled by a truck driven drivenby drivenby drivenby by Richard Westvood West vood who washeld was washeld washeld held to be blameless blamelessThe blamelessThe blamelessThe The evidence eV1dence brought out at the theInquest theinquest theinquest Inquest showed that the little htUe g1rl girl g1rllth girlwith girlwith \\lth lth with \ a pia plasmate pla3mate ) mate was rerurn refurn rerurnIng refurnbig returning Ing big home from a s swimming lmmlng party- party partyThey partyThey - [ They Theyere \ were \\ere ere given a ride home in icc a atruck atruck truck driven by byoung \oung oung \ oung Tangren Tangren-This Tangren This . . - I This truck stopped in the streetneat street streetnear : near neat the Hoffman home and the thelittle thelittle thelittle little girl jumped off Into the pathof path paththe pathof ' of the approaching ajproachlng : gra\el gra el grael grasel gra\ gra \ el truck truckYoung truckYoung Young Westwood driver dnver of thedump the thedump thedump , dump truck did not see the gtrl girl gtrluntil girluntil girluntil until she was1thIn was \ within \\1thIn 1thIn \ a toot foot or two twoof twoof twoof of his machine maehine He attempted to toI topullout topull topu'l topul I pullout pull ' out of the way but could not notaold no noasoid notaioid a\old a old asoid \ the crashI crashThe crash crashThe I The death brought the Utah UtahtraffIc Utahtraffic Utahtraffic traffIc tell toIl toll to 63 for this iear s ear com- com cons- cons compared conspared com compared - pared to 99 at this time last sear searIt iearIt ear earIt It was the first automobile trafficfatality traffic trafficfatahty trafficfatality fatahty fatality in Grand county sinceDecember smre smce smreDecember ' December 13 1937 when Felix FelixMurphv FelixMurphy FelixMurphv Murphv Murphy 61 of Moab was fatally fatallyinjured fatallyinjured Injured in a crash tll two 0 ffilIes miles ffilIessouth milessouth milessouth south of townFuneral townFuneral town townFuneral , Funeral "Crvices Crvices 'erv1ces erv1ces " ' < rvlces for the chIld childw childwere w \ ere held ) yesterday esterday afternoon from fromthe fromthe fromthe the Baphst BaptIst churchlIh church \ with \\lIh lIh the Rev RevWilliam RevWilliam RevWilliam , William E B Parks In chargeI chargeThe chargeThe charge chargeThe I The opening number was \ as aduet a aduet aduet duet Take It to the Lord InPraser in inPra inPraler Pra Praler } er by by1rs Mrs \1rs 1rs ' \ : R H H Dalrympleand Dalrymple Dairymple Dalrympleand Dairympleand and Mrs Mitchell MltcheII Melich Mehch The Thesermon Thesermon Thesermon sermon \ was as rendered by Mr Parks Parksand Parksand Parksand and t tio t0 \0 0 so \ other duetsere duets \ were \\ere ere render rendered rendered rendered ed by Mrs Dalrvrnpl Dalnmplo Dalrvmpl " and ftnd Mrs MrsMpl MrsMl MrsMol Mpl Ml cb rt eO ) The Thp , vect veet eet Story of Old Old"and Oldand " and Abide With MeThe MeThe Me MeThe The girl \ wis wus 'IS IS ' the eldest daughter daughterof of Robert and Edna Hoffman She Sheis SheIs Sheis is survived by her parents and onesister one onesISter onesister sISter Nanci Nanc ) aged 4 Maureen wasbom was wasborn wasborn born March 28 1931 at Sego and andfor andfor andtor for the past year had made madeher madeher madeher her home in1oab In ' \ : Moab \1oab 1oab so \ with Ith her parentsThe parentsThe parents parentsThe The tragedy was svas a heirt he\rt he rt hesrt ' \ break break1n breaking 111 1n ' " blow to the family and a dls dis dlstrsslng distressing distressing trsslng tressing ; shock to their many friends friendsthroughout friendsthroughout friendsthroughout throughout the county The smcere sincere smceres sinceresympathy sinceresympathy s sympathy 'ffi1 ffi1 ' = athv of the community eommwllty goes goesout goesout goesout out to the bereaved parents |