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Show Driver Killed in i Truck Accident A Phoenix man lost his life J following an accident Sept. 13 on rain-wet U.S. 163 17 miles lord of Moab near the' Courthouse Wash bridge. .Robert L. Johnson, 36, Phoen-1. Phoen-1. was driving an empty 1968 semi truck and trailer when to accident occurred. Highly High-ly Patrol Trooper Phil Barney reported it appeared "at the vehicle hydroplaned n the wet road during a rainstorm, slid sideways and , tte right front wheel broke. The vehicle rolled over on its left side, and the driver was thrown from the vehicle, which drug him about 80 feet. Johnson, an employee of Swift Transportation Company, Comp-any, Phoenix, was taken by ambulance to Allen Memorial Hospital, and the ambulance was again dispatched to transfer him to St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction, however he died en route there about 2 hours after the accident. Damage to the rig was estimated at $13.000. |