| Show Man Burns Ji I To Death I In Crash CrashA 1 A runaway truck a 49 G. G M. M C C. C loaded with 29 Mexican beet field workers crashed into the rear of a 1 heavily laden ore truck about Wednesday brin bringing death to one Guadaloupe Garcia Gar cia the owner of the truck who was trapped and burned to death A A. year old bo boy Jesse Gerra Is in the Grand County hospital skull listed HoSted fracture as critical with a basal skull fracture with thirteen of the thc party hospitalized here and six at Monticello The wreck occurred about 20 miles south of Moab Just south of the Hole Hole- In the Rock Diner The ore truck was driven by Ted James of Monticello who was as unaware of the Impending crash until the impact snapped his head he-ad back as asahe ahe run away rammed dead center into the Rust ore truck Owned by Glen and Wayne Rust the truck was hauling ore for the G Ie G Min ing lug Co holders of of ofa a lease on property and was moving north on highway at about 12 miles per hour In under under when the e wreck occurred Gene Cowley was meeting the titre truck driven by James when the die crash took place and he stated I I I was watching the truckload truck load of Mexicans Mexican as it came over th the hill and I I felt something was wrong as soon as I saw it It didn't slow down at all all' as as it came on apparently out of con eon and coming awful tact fat N NIt It 11 didn't slow down or anything any any- thing he continued and Just plowed into the back of Jam James Jamea truck with men women and kids kids' flying everywhere I topped stopped soon soon soon-as as I could and ran back t to help The truck was on the fire 4 when I got there I climbed up upon upon upon on the ore truck where five or or six were thrown In the crash and handed down downa a couple bles bies then helped help get gee people out of ot the ithe wrecked truck We Wearied d to get the man out of the wreck ed cd truck but tout he was pinned 90 hard we had to give up and he burned to death It was awful Lee Cox mining on La Sal Sat Cr Creek ek came along soon after the the- theto r t a ac l w tt to Rock Hie- Hie mt to call for ambulances ambulances' a and d' d th the Highway Highway High High- way patrolman and and sheriff Sheriff Seth Wright Wright-or San Juan county was soon on the Job and he and ind J John hn Stocks Grand Co deputy carried on the invest invest- j gation af after erthe the injured were v t taken care of 1 j Patrolman Tolman man Leonard Jewkes of i the Utah Highway Patrol also aIso Investigated the accident Reports Re RepOrts Re Reports ports are to the In the crash the air line Une to the brakes on the oro bre truck was broken booken and the driver had to rely ely entirely ort orl the to emergency hand band and brake For FOi this reason the Ute ore truck was was' slow stoW to to- stop atop after the he wreck dragging the along until the dump bed could be b raised to release it it J At Att ithe the Grand County hospital both Dr Temple and Dr Goon Joined by bYo all U nurses available c including went to work on the Injured pain and ascertaining th ser l prior to f it t i treatment nt The i t their a Job r ff in Inthis this emergency In a 0 case like this one appreciates the e C patience and those practicing the healing heading arts and end of their steadfast loyalty o l to the flail of C i t. t A good i part of the group has J gone gonel o onto their Job at Rupert Idaho leaving seven Inthe in the hoe hos- hosA A tA pital at Moab along alone with afew a few relatives Of these the Bondi tion of Jea Jesse e Guerra the tour four w year-old year boy is S' S as poor baby fair ry Leroy S jot Crabb G Gerald Gonzales and Rob 7 these these last five bone fracture oases es goody |
