Vernal Express | 1966-01-06 | Page 9 | Car Takes Dip in Icy Creek

Car Takes Dip In III Icy Creek A 1961 Thunderbird skidded off Highway 4 40 ran over a 14 foot bank and came to rest in four feet of Icy water in Ash Ash- Ashley ley Creek totally demolished Thursday of last week at 5 am DRIVER OF the car was Alton Forbes lorbes 5 55 Santa Cruz Calif and occupants were Ids his wife Velma 46 and the family dog According to investigating of of- of officer Trooper Ray Herrington of Utah Highway Patrol rain had frozen on the highway The driver lost control ran off the north side of the road ran backwards down the 14 foot bank and slid into the wa Wa- Wa Water ter without Both persons escaped a scratch but the dog was tak tak- tak taken en to a veterinarian apparently with a heart problem THE CAR was hauled out of the water with a winch truck Mr Forbes was cited for for tra tra- tra traveling too fast for existing con con- conditions