| Show Highway 6 50 Crash Takes Life Of Moab High School Boy A head on collision five miles mlles east of Green River Sunday mornIng morning morning mor mor- ning took the life of the Moab high school student Curtis K Taylor 16 son of Mr and Mrs Norman B. B Taylor Bowen Dowen Circle In Moab and Injured three companions as the four youths were returning from the Melon Day celebration in Green River Three others occupants of the westbound vehicle were seriously serious serious- ly also Injured and taken to the Dr I. I W W. Allen hospital In Moab were Douglas Taylor 14 treated for of the forehead and lacerations of the hip Roy RoyMoore RoyMoore Moore 17 17 who suffered loss of teeth gum injury and broken ribs and David GillespIe 15 treated for lacerations of the mouth and leg All were students students stu dents at the high school Details of the accident are not known Leonard Jewkes Investigating investIgating Invest invest- officer Utah State Highway Highway Highway High High- way Patrol reported the accident happened at a a. a m m. The Moab youths preceding east toward Crescent Junction collided with witha a vehicle registered to LaVar of La Sal Utah The driver of the Moab car Curtis Taylor was apparently killed In In- The officer reported that The car was completely completely completely com com- on the wrong side of the road The occupants of the eastbound eastbound east east- bound vehicle were taken by ambulance ambulance am am- I am-I to the Price hospital The officers officer's report said that the est estimated speed of the Taylor ve vehicle vehicle ve- ve i hicle was 50 to 55 miles per hour that of the vehIcle vehicle ve ve- hicle hide was 65 to 70 miles per hour Citations are pending completion I of the I Investigation the officer I said No identification of the injured in the westbound car could be made following the accident Two were severely injured Investigating gating officer Jewkes said that thai one man suffered a compound leg fracture skull fracture and other injuries The woman received re reo a crushed chest and the third passenger undetermined in In- In juries The fatal crash followed by byone byone byone one year an accident in which Ibich an older brother of Curtis Chuk Taylor now serving in the e U.S. U.S. U.S. U. U S. S Air Force was injured while returning from the Melon Day celebration Another older brother bro bra ther they Burke popular Moab ath- ath elete was released this week from St. St Marks Mark's hospital In Salt Lake where where where-he he was undergoing treatment for serious Injuries resulting re re- suiting from an accident on the theLa theLa theLa La Sal mountains The combination combination of tragedies has brought sympathetic response from all of Moab to the Taylor family to which we add our own Curtis K Taylor beloved son of Mr and Mrs Norman B. B Taylor Taylor Tay Tay- lor for of of Moab was was born In this city April 10 1941 His ha entire childhood was spent here where he attended elementary and high f school Curtis was a well known member member mem mem- ber of the junior class at Grand County high school school and and a member member mem memo ber of the church This past summer he worked at the Crescent Junction Service station where he had many friends among his fellow workers and patrons of the station Survivors in addition to the parents include one sister Mrs Pat Wimmer Crescent Junction five brothers Clark Taylor USAF USAF US- US AF McClellan Air Force base Burke Taylor Moab Douglas Loren and Glen all living at home Funeral services for the popular lar youngster were held Wednesday Wednesday Wednes day at the chapel under the direction of Turner Funeral Home Interment was at the Moab City Cemetery r 5 CURTIS CURnS K TAYLOR |
