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Show f YOUNG MAN INSTANTLY KILLED BY INTERURBAN CAR FRIDAY AFTERNOON A southbound Intorurbhn cur, which laft thLs city nt 4:37 yesterday after-tao'dn, after-tao'dn, ran Into a truck belonging to Pleasant Grovo Canning ractory No. 2, Instantly killing tho dlrvor, Victor tjuuqulst. Tho boy was on his way tdvtho factory with a load of. empty boxes, with thq Intention of bring. Ing homo como of tho girls working at tijo plant. -T' j-Jt Is stated by eye witnesses' ' tltdt tho. Orom car was traveling at an es. tlmatcd r.-.to of 35 miles an hour. Tho accident occurcd at a place Vhcro an unobstructed view of a half Wile or rhdro could bo Had by all par- - ' ' ties concorned. Tho-truck was pro. ceedtng Botiili pnrnlell with tho tracks jit- tho intcrurban and tho general ' supposition to that tho ruttlo of tho boxes prevented tho driver hearing 'tho approach of tho car. When op-poslto op-poslto tho lano by Moulder's store, tho driver turned abruptly to cross tho tracks with tho car practically upon him. Tho impact was something tcrrlfllc, tho truck being comnlotely demolished and the driver mangled beyond re. cognition. A statement by tho mctonnan, I:ii Smclson Immediately after tho accident acci-dent occurcd was to follows: "I saw tho truck traveling south pnraloll with the- track3 and blew the whlstlo a number of times, as a warning, hnvlng no doubt but that It wan hard by tho driver and that he would continue on down tho highway. Imagino my horror, however, when he turned directly di-rectly ncrons tho treck In front of mo. Oh, It's terrible." Victor Sunnulst is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sunqulat of Plens-nnt Plens-nnt 'Grovo Third ward; nnd was a popular and highly reopectod member of, tho community. Hia father is also an employoo of tho cannery. An lnnuest will bo held this (Saturday) (Satur-day) afternoon at 1 o'clock, nt tho City Hall at Pleasant Grovo, |