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Show - Rangely Worker Killed in inHitRun inHitRun Hit-Run Hit Run - Auto Accident Sunday Lee Griffin Gnffm 49 of Jensen Jensenformerly Jensenformerly Jensenformerly formerly from Hominey Homlney Okla OkladIed Okladied Okiadied dIed Sunday morning about about5 5 ' } 45 from injuries injunes . sustained .ustalnt"d .ustalntd ustalntd " 15 15minutes 15minutes 15minutes minutes earlier earllt'r earlltr ' wh when whtn .n n < . his car carwas carwas carwas was slde sidehwiped sideswiped ! > wlpt"d wlptd " by a hit and run runautomobIle runautomobile runautomobile automobIle 18 miles ( ' cast 'ast ast east of Ver Vernal Vernal Vernal nal Virgil C Lambert a broth brothler brother brother er in law of Mr Griffin who whowas whowas whowas ler was riding with him when the theaccident theaccident , accIdent occured suffered ser ser,1OUS serious serious ,1OUS 1OUS ious , cuts cut.s . about the head re- re re'qUIrmg requiring - - re-Iquinng re Iquinng 'qUIrmg qUIrmg ' quiring four or five stitchesThe stitchesThe stitches stitchesThe The Griffin Gnffm car was travel travelmg travelcog traveling mg cog east cast when side swiped by a awe awest awest we west < ; t bound car traveling in the thecenter thecenter thecenter center of the highway The Thewest Thewest Thewest west bound car failed faBed to dim dimthe dimthe dimthe the lights or to stop after col colhdwg colliding colliding hdwg liding with the Griffin car carwhich carwhich carwhich which was thrown out of control controland controland controland and rolled over three times Mr MrLambert MrLambert MrLambert Lambert hailed haUt"d haUtd " passing motor motorists motorists motorists ists and got Griffin from under , the car though tie he died as he hewas hewas hwas ( was being lIlg brought urought to the hoo hos hospital hospital hospitalAlcyone ; pltaI pital pltaIAIYone pitalAnyone Alcyone AI-Yone AI Yone Anyone ' - ha having " In cog ! . : a IY lY Informa Informatwn information information twn tion on the hit lilt and anti run car carshould carshould .hould hould should . r c n in m ininte mclte intrmte ! ' : with Sgt SgtSammy SgtSammy Sammy ammy Hatch Utah Highway HighwayPatrol HighwayPatrol HighwayPatrol Patrol All < ; sources ources siurces ( t C tf f informa inforina informahon inforinahon information hon will b be ( ' kept confidential confidentialMr Mr ( Griffin .nffln nffln .riffrn riffrn . was wag born January January12 12 1896 at Calhoun Calhoiimi Ga a son sonof sonof sonof of John Griffin Grlffm and Ina ma Hill He Hemarried Hemarried Hemarried married Myrtle Myrtl < > Handley in inJune inJune inJune June 192 1925 , ) at New NLW Kirck Klrck Okla Okia OklaThe OkiaThe OkiaThe The couple were later divorced divorcedHe divorcedlie divorcedHe He lie has hae ; been h'en hen ( ' employed employt"d employtd " at Raog Rang Raogely Rangely Rangely ely since June by the c'ene cene &ene ene ' & C cne Simp Simpson Simpson Simpson son Pipe Line Co as a ditichmg ditiching ditichingmachine ditlchingmachine ' machme machine operatorThe operatorThe operator operatorThe The body was sent to Hommy Honminy Hominyon Hommyon Honminyon on Tuesday via Craig Colorado ColoradoA A purse of $140 140 $ includi includf e " a alarge alarge alarge large personal psrsonal donation from fromMr fromMr fromMr Mr Simpson was raised by his associates on on 011 the pipe line 111) 111 ) ( ' In Inaddition Inaddition Inaddition addition to his Jus former wife wift ' he heIq hei.e heis Iq i.e ie Iqlrvlved . < ; survived \lrvlved lrvlved \ by his parents part'nts partnts ' a ii adal iidat adai dal dat ght ghte . < r Pcrmilla Permllia Permilla Griffin Gnfflll and andth andthe andthe th the ( ' follow following 109 blother brothers blotherlId bi others " \lId lId qrmd qrmdsisters ' \ mdsisters lId'lIsters 'lIsters lIsters sisters ' R H L Griffin Gnffm Lovlllgton Lovirigton LovlllgtonNew LovirigtonNew LovinglonNew New Mexico George Gt'orge Gtorge ' Griffin of ofHommey ofHorniney ofHominey Hommey Horniney Mrs Rossana LovlllgtonI RobIn RobInson Robinson Robinson I son Bldt Blackburn BlakbUrmi ( kburn Okia Okla and Mrs MrsV MrsV MrsVCI , V C I amhcrt amhert amnhert Funeral ser services services services vices will be conducted conducltd under undertll underthe underthe tll the ( ' direction dinctlon of the thl Powell Powellfunpral Powellfuneral Powellfuneral funpral funeral home homt ' at Hommevlfr IlominevMr Hominev Hommev Ilominev HominevMr Mr l-fr l fr - Lambert Lamnbert ha has < ; been bet'n betn ' dls dis dlsml.Sseo dismissed dismissed ml.Sseo mlSseo missed . from the hospitil hospit hosplt il 11 and I is isgetting isgetting . gettmg getting along fine fmt The Lam Lamberth Lamberts I berts berth came caine here h're hre ( ' a .I I . week wl"ek wlek " ago agofrom agofrom agofrom from Cheyenne Wyoming Wyommg Mr MrLambert MrLambert ' Lambert Lanibert held a sergent s rat ratmg rating ' mg in the thansportation corps corpsat corpsat corpsat MrI I at Ft Francis FrancU ! E Warren near nearCheyenne nearCheyenne nearCheyenne dlSChargedlon Cheyenne and was dlSChargedl discharged dischargedon ] on August 8th after serving 16 16months 161months months |