Show Two Injured In In Friday Night Night- Night Crash Crash Two Ephraim men were in Injured In- In injured in- in one of them quite seriously seriously ser- ser when their their- cars collided almost on head-on on the highway just north of the Ephraim cemetery cem cern tery R. R All Ali Olsen 71 was the most hurt of the two He was vas coming from Moroni just after fter dark Friday evening and had come along the old highway H lie fe had just pulled onto the new lew highway and had come a short distance south in his carry all drilling car when he collided with a 1949 Ford Ford being being driven north by DeRees Chrisensen Christensen Christensen Chris- Chris ensen son of Mrs l LeRoy Lenoy E. E Peterson eterson When investigating officers arrived the cars w were re side by side on the west side of the highway both facing west Both cars ars were badly damaged Mr Olsen's head and body were vere thrown out of the car but buthis buthis buthis his legs were ere caught inside His hurts included a n fracture on eil each ach side of his tower lower IQ cr jaw abad a n abad bad cut on his head a punctured neck and very very severe bruises to o his legs one of them espe espe- Mr Christensen suffered a aut acut acut cut ut right knee and bruises about about about a- a bout the body and legs Dewey Christensen and members members members mem mem- bers of his family were the first to o arrive at the scene Mr Christensen called Dr Pro H H. B. B and soon Marshal Hespert Sevy and State Trooper Bert Wilden of Ephraim and Deputy Sheriff Eugene ugene Tuttle of Manti ManU were on the scene along along a- a long ong wit with a lot of others Marhal Mar far hal Sevy directed traffic while Mr Wilden and Mr Tuttle started an investigation of the accident which will not be con completed com com- u until they have hav talked with Mr Olsen Mr Olsen was taken directly to the Sanpete hospital at Mt Pleasant as soon as he had been given first aid treatment at the accident scene On Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- morning he was taken to the Utah Valley hosp hospital al at Provo where surgery was performed performed performed per per- formed t to set his fractured jaw and his head was placed in n a cast It was assumed by those at atthe atthe atthe the scene that Mrs Olsen had been notified of the accident but hut instead she sat quietly at home wondering what was keeping keeping keeping keep keep- ing Mr Olsen so long Then about bout 45 minutes after the accident accident accident acci acci- dent as the Dewey Christensen party was driving east past the Olsen home on 3rd North Street they thought things looked too quiet and so Mr Christensen went in Sure enough Mrs Olsen Ol- Ol Olsen Olsen Ol Ol- sen had not heard of the tile acci acci- dent Soon after that she was taken to Mt Pleasant by Mr and Mrs Leon P. P Olsen lsen and remained with her husband Next morning morning morning morn morn- ing these three and Mrs JoAnne Armstrong accompanied Mr Olsen Ol Olsen Olsen Ol- Ol sen to the Ut Utah h Valley hospital taking him there in Ward Ol Olsen's Olsen's Ol- Ol sens sen's station wagon Mrs Olsen has been with him each day in Provo and said he was better on Monday and ap apparently apparently apparently ap- ap a lot better Tuesday They planned to take him for a stroll about the hospital after she left Tuesday she said I If f he continues t to tar improve he will likely be released release to return home Thursday Mrs R Olsen said She said that he lie now seems seem s Continued on last page TWO INJURED IN FRIDAY NIG NIGHT T CRASH C Continued from page one very much his old self jokes about his space helmet l Ills his learning to drink as all of his foods are liquid and other mat mat- She saId he will have to report back at the hospital e each ch week for sometime for observation observation observation S tion of the fractured jaw His neck and head wounds seem to tobe tobe tobe be healing just fine she reports Several stitches were taken In Mr Christensen's knee after which he was released to his home o 0 |