Show rr r- r 7 L. L 1 l t EASTBOUND Turley vehicle 1965 Chevrolet was totaled out in fatal on head-on crash 63 miles west of Vernal u u t a 7 t WESTBOUND Elliott vehicle 1963 Rambler carried its two two victims to death when hit by oncoming vehicle in wrong traffic lane r on Head-on Collision on West Highway 40 Kills Three Three Vernal residents were fatally injured in a a. a head on collision Saturday at pm p.m. pm p.m. 63 miles west of Vernal on Highway U. U S. S 40 SAT SATURDAYS SATURDAY'S HEAD ON is the fourth to occur within a six mile distance in inthe inthe inthe the west approach to Vernal claiming 11 lives Ironically three of the fatal accidents occurred during the month of February all four straying vehicles were all eastbound eastbound eastbound east- east bound and on an improved widened 70 mph section of highway TROOPER RONALD Wilson who investigated last weeks week's head on stated that Cecil Leon Turley 37 37 was eastbound eastbound eastbound east- east bound and crossed the center line hitting a westbound vehicle driven by Lonnie Wilson Elliott 59 and accompanied by his his' wife Marie Wild Elliott 66 head on The impact was 5 feet and 5 inches from the center into the westbound lane All three were instantly killed by the im im- pact Witnesses reported seeing the Turley vehicle driving on the wrong side of the highway running several vehicles off the highway and sideswiping another prior to the fatal collision One vehicle is reported reported reported re re- re- re ported to of passed the erring driver and tried to warn on-coming on vehicles of the danger THE DEATH strip U. U S S. S 40 history his tory is as follows February 23 1971 Gene W W. Lundy was instantly killed when he ran on head-on into an eastbound Hatch Co phosphate truck 12 miles west of Vernal The truck driver driver dri dri- ver Ralph Armond Heber City died a af afew afew f few w minutes after the crash of a heart attack FEBRUARY 13 1970 three young people were instantly killed when they hit into the bridge abutment of the 12 mile bridge in a Volva compact vehicle Continued on page 8 8 on Head-on Crash Continued from page 1 i after aCter swerving off the highway coming towards Vernal August 3 1970 three young young men eastbound eastbound east east- bound miles west of or Vernal were hurled to their deaths as they collided head head on on into a Land Ill Dairy semi semi- trailer truck A SIMILARITY of all four accidents Is that all four eastbound vehicles were traveling on the wrong side of the highway highway high high- way at about 65 65 mph at the time of impact |