Show three acci accidents dents on highway 40 cause damages death waa was lurking on U S highway 40 between the dates of april 3 and april 8 but he was cheated in three different instances Instance i according to sammy hatch state highway patrolman who wednesday reported three recent accidents on the highway A 1950 1050 ford driven by gerald geraid C cha chapman man 38 Cl everdale cal struck and killed killed a hone horse about two and one half miles east of vernal on US 40 at pm april 3 damage to the automobile automobile was estimated at injured were larule barnett barne t 8 philo cal face cuts shock h ock and bruises gertrude chapman 33 face cuts marilyn chapman 5 face aug cuts and a leg injury the injured were taken to uintah county hospital by mer rill goodrich of vernal a passing ising motorist on april 7 an accident at pm about two miles west of vernal on US 40 which involved three vehicles left no one injured but caused damage in excess of 1000 the accident occurred when a 19 1947 47 ford convertible conver table driven b by mrs bobble lee davis lou louisiana slowed for traffic behind a wagon A 1950 pontiac sedan driven by jean bo boothe othe canada canad pulled to a stop behind the davis machine and simultaneously was wits struck from the rear by a 1950 1050 bulck buick sedan driven by rita marle marie bluntzer canada the force of the impact from fromn the bluntzer machine caused the car driven by mrs boothe to strike the davis automobile all three drivers involved in the crash were members of a convoy of vehicles carrying em aloyes of the sun oil co the convoy was to price A denver colo man was hospitalized as the result of a chasn april 8 at 1245 am four miles iles east of verna on US 40 after a 1949 chevrolet pickup driven by wm S String bam of vernal had crashed into the rear of his machine a 1932 hup mobile sedan the man leslie M 26 suffered neck injuries he was taken to uintah county hospital and later released to the denver veterans hospital mr string ham suffered face lacerations laceration 3 and a mouth injury citations will be issued on an this accident patrolman hatch said |