Show w n n Sports Car Plunges Off Old Canyon Road Two Youths Injured One Seriously The abandoned old Moab Canyon Canon Canyon Can Can- yon on road claimed another auto victim last lat Saturday when a sports car driven by Glen C C. Holyoak 21 Moab plunged off Dead Mans Man's Curve near the top of the two mile stretch and jumped some feet to the bottom of the canyon The auto joined the remains of ot countless other luckless cars and trucks that met similar fates on the corner comer Seriously injured in the mishap mishap mis- mis hap was w was s Miss Judith E. E Weier- Weier man 19 also of Moab who wh was thrown from the auto in Its downward plunge She was treated at the Dr I. I W W. Alien Allen hospital for a broken leg broken broken brok beak en collarbone and severe head lacerations The driver although bruised and cut was not seriously injured in in the wreck According to Utah Highway Patrolman Odell Oden Hatch the accident ac ae accident occurred at 1 am a.m. Saturday Satur Satur-o day when the driver was unable to correct a skid as the car entered entered entered en en- the curve The car went down the almost vertical cliff throwing out the young passenger passenger passenger ger near the bottom After locating the girl and making her as comfortable as DI possible the driver ran down the old o d road cutting over to the new highway where he be caught a ride to Arches headquarters with a passing motorist J. J W Ross of Kayenta Ariz Arches Superintendent Bates E. E Wilson after alter reporting the mishap to the highway patrol went immediately to the scene with M KA Ross nos and nd the young youn driver of the wrecked car They were Joined Immediately by Patrolman Pa a fan Hatch who administered administer administer- ed first aid ald A crew consisting of the mentioned above volunteers volunteers volunteers volun volun- assisted by other Arches employees and Moab ambulance driver Norman Finer Piner carried the young girl to the roadway above and rushed her to the hospital for treatment Mr Wilson this week praised the work of ot the volunteer helpers help ers era and especially praised the speedy and efficient work of 1 Patrolman Pl Hatch in getting the injured girl to the hospital The auto a 1960 Corvette was totally demolished in the accident The loss was estimated at well wen over it was stat stat- ed a. a 7 d S r Si L r r's s i OFF TilE THE CLIFF CUFF mans Dead mana Curve 1 I a former fonner well known on an abandoned stretch of Moab Canyon caught aught another I victim late last week as this sports ear ear carrying two Moab young people 75 feet to the tho b bottom j 1 i t di J |