| Show Funeral Wednesday For Tl Traffic Victim Funeral services were held Wednesday at 1 pm in inI I Roosevelt Stake Center for fori i Victor C MItchell 42 who was killed Saturday at 10 pm in a one car accident seven miles west of Vernal According to Utah High High- Highway Highway way Patrol report Mr Mitch Mitch- Mitchell ell was driving west in a 1962 1062 Buick at the time of the accident The report said that skid marks indicated the driver was traveling at mph THE CAR went off the south side of the road but the driver was able to bring it back on to the roadway Then TIlen the auto cut across the high high- highway highway way to the tho north side and went into a deep gulch The car went end over end one time and rolled sideways twIce It rolled over a foot 25 hill and came to rest on the theother theother other side The driver was thrown out and the car rolled over him on the top of the hill crushing him to death A TOr TOTAL AL of feet of were laid down from the spot the car went out of control to where it I came to rest The vehicle was literally I torn apart as though by an explosion The back end I trunk lid and right door were torn oIl off and the front end de- de demolished demolished by the impact with the bank in the tho gulch The rear wheels and dIfferential were torn out of the vehicle Investigators said that if the driver had been wearing a seat scat belt he may have escaped serious injury as the left side of the car was com com- undamaged He was thrown from the tho right side during the rollover Trooper Ray Herrington of utah Highway Patrol in investigated investigated MR MITCHELL was born May 28 1921 in Antelope Duchesne County County- lIe He was a ason ason son of Marlon R n and Gert- Gert Gertrude Gertrude rude McKowen Mitchell lIe He was married to Jo Jean m McClure Aug 29 1946 In Salt Lake City During World War II he Continued on page 8 Continues from page 1 ed cd an investigation to determine deter deter- I mine whether Mrs died of Injuries suffered in inthe inthe the accident or whether there may have b been en foul play in in- in involved Investigators that the death was a traffic fatality An automobile horn with hair on it was found in the Ule car A mortuary official reo reported ported pieces of 01 glass found in the head injury A shatter shatter- shattered shattered ed bottle also was found in in- in inside side the vehicle MRS was a member of the Board of At Af Utes and a former fonner I cOurt clerk for the Ute Tribe I She was born Jan 25 1918 in Ft t Duchesne the daughter of Oran F and Della Harris Curry She was married in Price to Sam Bumgarner They were divorced and later she was married to Albert L L Survivors include her hus- hus husband husband band and parents Neola two sons and a daughter Reggie and Craig Bumgarner and Mrs Bert Oranna Moose Moose- man all of Neola a grand daughter four brothers and sisters Mrs Thelma long lorg n Ft Duchesne Rex Roosevelt Richard II IL Neola and Mrs Oreane Orane Garcia N M |
