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Show Frank Perry Dodge Dies Under Truck When He Fails To Make Curve Failure to negotiate the curve on State Highway No. 15 late Tuesday Tues-day evening is blamed for the death of Frank Perry Dodge, 31, of Las Vegas, who was pinned under his over-turned truck and suffocated with gas and oil. The accident occurred about 8:10 p.m., and though highway officers were called immediately to the scene It was 10 p. m., before the body could be extricated. Traveling towards Las Vegas with a large International truck loaded with butter, cheese and eggs for Bush Brothers, formerly of northern Utah, and now of Las Vegas, Mr. Dodge for some reason rea-son left U. S. Highway 91 to go through Toquerville, LaVerkin and Hurricane over State Highway 15. According to Patrolman L, A. Porter, who investigated, it appears ap-pears the heavily loaded truck failed to negotiate the curve and over-turned, strewing the ground with food products, some of which were salvaged, and pinning Mr. Dodge beneath the machine. Dr. Clark Mclntyre of Hurricane Hurri-cane was called and found the driver had an injured back and caved chest, but stated that death resulted in all probability from suffocation of the oil and gasoline which poured over him from the machine. The body was brought to the Pickett mortuary, St. George, awaiting investigation and j funeral preparations. According to reports, Mr. Dodge I has been married and has a three- year-old daughter in Las Vegas. Whereabouts of the child's mother is unknown. |