Show Two Escape H Injury as a Vehicle Flips Skids Two New Mexico men escaped escaped escaped es es- es- es with only bruises and minor lacerations from a spectacular rollover that virtually virtually vir vir- vir demolished their small four wheel drive vehicle a n quarter mile south of the Co Co- lorado river bridge Monday The lucky driver and passenger passenger passenger pas pas- were James Iannucci 36 and Harold McDougald 32 of Albuquerque NM Not so lucky was the 1962 International International Inter Inter- national Scout in which the men were riding It landed on Its top feet from where it first left the road Highway Patrolman Scott Skidmore who investigated said that both men sustained minor injuries and were to check in at the hospital The I accident the patrolman said took place 27 miles north of the main Moab intersection The two men told the officer officer that a map placed above the windshield blew in front of the driver obscuring his vision In attempting to remove remove remove re re- re- re move the map the driver swerved off the road The vehicle apparently continued continued con con- half on and half hal off oU the road for a considerable distance before rolling over oven The flip came about when the driver tried to avoid a junction junc junction tion sign signalling the junc junc- tion of US U.S. and the ri river river ri ri- ver road The vehicle neatly sheared off the six Inch thick post turned over and came to rest with the front end projecting onto the highway The The- top was mashed almost flat with the body No estimate was made of damage to the vehicle but officer Skidmore said It appeared appeared ap ape to be a total wreck I It was owned he reported by Sinclair Oil and Gas Co of Albuquerque Other details furnished by bythe bythe bythe the officer indicated no skid marks and no evidence of speeding The time of the accident accident accident ac ac- ac- ac was pm p.m. Monday Deputies from the Sheriffs Sheriff's fice assisted in the investigation Investigation gation and In traffic control on Highway until the wreck could be moved |