Show I Boy Hit By Car CarIn In Shafer Lane n This Morning Benjamin J. J Mates 14 month old son of Mr and Mrs Robert R. R Mates of Moab was treated at atthe atthe atthe the Dr I. I W Allen hospital t today to today to- to day after being struck by a car car near his home on Shafer l lane ne early this morning Police who wh investigated the accident stated that the youngster stepped into the road just as a car driven by byl Mrs Rosemary Hetzel Carter 17 17 J I turned from East street into I Shafer lane Jane The Tho auto struck the i I child and passed over him without with with- i out hitting him with a tire t Benjamin was treated at the thai t local hospital for possible head I injuries and bruises and abrasions I of the body was given rays X i and nd received d several stitches lie He Hei was released to the care of his I parents i Moab City Police stated that I Ino no citation was issued and classed class ed the accident as unavoidable They stated that the driver turned turned turned turn turn- ed into the street at a speed of around 15 miles per hour and did not see the child as her attention attention attention at at- was directed to the boys boy's older older- sister who was running across the lawn In an attempt to pick up the small boy before the auto struck him This is b the first accident in Moab J for over over a month and constitutes tri ton the he second personal injury injury in in- jury during the current year |