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Show Accident near Cisco claimed Illinois man ; a rollover accident near c June 25 took the life of ;' 1, Illinois man and injured a ' wmpwion. adding to tho " Pt-aJ is Dennis Merkle. 19, MsKrum, Illin's- the driver Jlhe 1974 Ford Hnto which " wiled His passenger. Michael Gwss. San Diego. California. ' ss hospitl in Moab for treatment of injuries and was June 27. According to the accident ' -port the vehicle was going ' wjt when it left the traveled ! tion of the roadway on the ' into the median, where it (ontinued some 293 feet in the dirt. Xbe driver tried to return vejiide to the road with-' with-' ,ut reducing speed, and when j countered the edge of the pivement the vehicle went jborne 20 feet, coming down the left tires, which both blew on impact. The vehicle then rolled left twice and tho driver was thrown out, and was dead on arrival at Allen Memorial Hospital. Investigating Investiga-ting was Trooper Lurry Jacobs. There was a collision June 26 between two vehicles traveling tra-veling opposite directions on a blind corner on the Thompson Thomp-son Sego road. The accident happened at 4 p.m. 10 miles north of Thompson. John Brown, 29, Monticello, was driving south in a 1977 Ford pickup which collided with a northbound Ford pickup pick-up driven by Mark Adrian, 17, Thompson. The report showed neither could avoid hitting the other. There was about $2000 damage to the Brown pickup and about $1000 damage to the Adrian pickup. |