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Show Man Killed In U.S. 6-50 Wreck One man was killed, four persons injured, in a chain accident on U.. S. Highway ' 6-50, 6-Y2 miles East of Green River Wednesday. . . Killed was Neldon R. John-sen, John-sen, 39, of Clifton, Colorado. Not seriously injured were Clifton residents Antonio Val-legos, Val-legos, Sr., 56; his wife, Eleanor, Elean-or, 51, their son, Antonio Val-lejos, Val-lejos, Jr., 9, and Thomas J. Beckstron, 21, of Spanish Fork. The series of accidents began be-gan at 7:56 p.m., when a 1967 Kenworth truck and trailer owned by Owen Produce, Inc. of Grand Junction, went out of control on a curve, side-swiped side-swiped an automobile, and o-verturned, o-verturned, blocking the highway. high-way. Driver of the truck John Morris, 42, of Clifton, Colorado was uninjured. His relief driver, Neldon R. John-sen, John-sen, was slightly injured, then killed four minutes later in a subsequent crash. The sideswiped automobile was a 1964 Buick owned by Main Street Auto Sales, of Spanish Fork, driven by Thomas J. Beckstron, 21, who was slightly injured. Four minutes after the first, crash. Neldon R. Johnsen relief re-lief driver in the truck, was killed when an east bound vehicle driven by Antonio Vallejos, Sr., 56, came upon the accident and sideswiped him as he reached into the overturned truck cab to ' retrieve re-trieve papers. Vallejos, his wife and son, were slightly injured in the crash. They were treated at the Price hospital. ' - "' The accidents were , investigated inves-tigated by Utah Highway Pa trolman, Lyle Evans, who estimated es-timated damages resulting from the first crash at $5,000 to the truck; $1,100 to the Buick. The subsequent crash damaged the truck another . $6,000, plus $500 to the PI Plymouth driven by Vallejos. Further investigation is underway. |