Show 2 Dead 2 Injured ens en Collision A two old baby was killed instantly his his- mother was fatally injured and two other persons were hurt one seriously in a two car crash Tuesday a at am feet east of the Jensen bridge Dead were n Rita ta Ruth Mag Mager er 19 Santaquin Utah and her son Brook SERIOUSLY injured was Diana Moon 22 a Brigham Young University student driver of the 1960 Porsche in- in involved in Also hurt was Wesley C Punches Jr 20 of Vernal driver of the other car a 1959 Chevrolet sedan He suffered a lip laceration and bruises All were taken to Uintah County hospital by ambulance where Mrs Mager died two hours later from multiple in in- in injuries juries ALL OCCUPANTS of the small foreign sports car w were re thrown on to the road either through the doors which were forced open or through the canvas top which was torn off The baby's head hit the steel windshield v frame split split- splitting ting his skull The accident occurred feet east of the Jensen bridge Mr Punches was alone in his hiscar hiscar car and was traveling east cast He told investigating officers that he was blinded by the sun and drifted into the wrong lane The smaller car was west west- westbound bound and apparently the driver saw the approaching car in the wrong lane and turned sharply to the left to avoid a headon collision The traffic report then stated that Mr Punches realizing he was wason wason on the wrong side of the road swerved back and both cars collided BOTH CARS were rated a total loss with property dam age estimated at Trooper Ray Herrington of Utah Highway Patrol was the investigating officer He said that citations are pending The Tuesday accident oc occurred yards from the spot where two other BYU students were killed and a third fatally injured May 9 when an auto rammed the thereal rear real of a slow moving truck There have been six traffic fatalities in Uintah County so far this year compared with four for the whole of 1963 which was rated Jated a good year by traffic offIc- offIc offIcers officers ers The 1962 total was 10 traffic fa fatalities |