Show Car hits Ilits Pole Kills Power In City Area Power In the downtown area of Vernal was knocked out Monday about pm when a car hit bit a utility pole guy wire on North and Vernal Avenue Power was disrupted along Vernal Avenue I for about 45 minutes and a shorter Inter Inter- valin val In other areas THE OUTAGE occurred when a 1959 1939 Pontiac sedan struck the guy wire and knocked down the guy wire support pole This shook the utility pole so badly that hot wires came together short cIrcuited and blew out fuses Driver of the car was Gor don D Purcell 14 of BLI Trailer Court According to the traffic report he had stop stop- stopped ped for the stop sign at the intersection then turned left to go south HE TOOK OFF at a high rate of speed ran oft off the road on the right side cross crossed l the road and ran oU off on the left side striking the guy wire He told tile the investigating officer that his gas feed had stuck Owner of the car was Rol Rol- Rolland land Burnite of Vernal Mr Burnite had loaned the car to yen Irven LeRoy who In turn had loaned It to Purcell Mr was cited for permitting an unlicensed min or to drive Mr Purcell was cited for laving having no drivers driver's license and for failure to keep his vehicle under control THE FRONT GRILL hood bumper and underneath the car was damaged about Damage to 10 the power equipment equip equip- equipment ment was estimated at Lt Sam Hatch of the High High- Highway way Patrol was Investigating officer |