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Show Crash fv'ear Thompson Claims Two Lives A one car rolUnvr M miles cast of Thompson en Hiiwny 6-5.1, Jan. to.ik tlu lives of two Or.uul Jinv-tion, Jinv-tion, Ce-lo., resilient s. Po:ut at the soeno w.ns Kenne'ih Kay Johnston, 2;! the driver. A passenger in the four wheel drive p'vkup, Harriet K:VliKvn Brown. IS, d'.od while en route to the Allen Memorial Hospital in the Turner am-balance. am-balance. -Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Troo-per MeJ Schiffman invesli-gated invesli-gated the accident, aided by Sheriff W. II. Bowman. Mr. Sohiffmr.n stated that the vehicle had rolled over several sev-eral times and the cab and truck frame had been ripp.'d apart, wi'h the two finally land'.ng approximately 150 feet apart. The body of the man was lying near the frame wh'.l? the girl had stayed near the csb of the pickup. Schiff-ma.rv Schiff-ma.rv stated that they were both thrown through tho windshield of the vehicle. It was suspected that tho accident happened at about 8:5;) p.m. It was not repotted repott-ed until approximately 9:23 p.m. by a passing truck driver. dri-ver. Trooper Schiffman left Moab at that time and notified not-ified an ambulance. It was between two and two and one-half hours from llv time of tho accident and the time the s?irl was on the way to the hospital, however. how-ever. After an investigation at the scene, Schiffman stated that skid marks indicated tho vehicle was traveling at close to 9;l miles per hour when it began to skid. Reports Re-ports also showed that the driver had ben drinking; a blood alcohol test showed a level of .30, Schiffman stated. |
