Washington County News | 1940-04-25 | Page 1 | Father Accidentally Backs Truck into Child at Enterprise; Death Results

Father Accidentally Backs Truck Into Child At Enterprise; Death Kesults ENTERPRISE, Utah Injuries received re-ceived when his father accidentally accidental-ly backed his truck into him, caused the death of Joseph Bushar, 18 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Bushar, of this place on last Monday night. The child died while being taken to the Iron county hospital in Cedar City. It is not definitely known whether the truck passed over the body of the child or not. The attention at-tention of the father to the child was drawn by the screams of a woman. When he got out of his truck he found the boy unconscious. un-conscious. They immediately start-' start-' ed for medical aid. The father had come from the house to the truck, which was parked outside the lot. He climbed into the driver's seat and started (Continued on page eight) Child Killed By Truck (Continued from first page) to back up when he heard the woman scream. The child had evidently followed his father out to the truck, unnoticed and was standing in back of the truck when his father put the truck in motion. Funeral services were held here Wednesday morning at 10 a.m.