Show Mother and Daughter Badly Injured in Truck Crash Near Thompsons A mother and her months 20 old od daughter were critically Injured inured In In a truck crash trash 10 miles mUes east of f Thompsons Friday They are are Mrs Esther Coleman Cole Cole- man 33 and her Infant daughter daugh ter Merle Ann Mrs Coleman an sustained two skull fractures numerous fa face e and head lacer lacerAtIons lacerations and severe severe shock thock Th little lItHe girl suffered compound fractures of both legs They are arC areat areat at the Grand county hospital In Moab where their condition is reported as fair The husband hus bus band and father R. R O. O Coleman Coeman 51 driver of th the truck and another an another an other 3 year old daughter escaped es with minor hurts The Colemans who reside at Monticello were en route rome to Grand Junction with a truckload truck truck- load of posts The accident occurred oc when Mr Coleman attempted attempted at tempted d to miss striking a range cow which stepped onto the highway In front of the moving fast vehicle The truck turned over several times and was badly wrecked I The accident was Investigated ed by Trooper Merlin erlin Brown and Sheriff R R. R C C. Burr |