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Show 2 Road Men Killed By Electricity Two State Road Commission tluplo)ees were electrocuted Monday about 3:30 p.m. on State li.ghway 23, seen miles west ot 1 scalunte when a test auger rig contacted high tension lines oi Oarkane Power Co. Tellurlde Power Co. provides Oarkane with power and the current shutotf had to be made In Pangultch. The victims, J. A. Terry 67, ot Rockvllle, and Roland K. Lar-l.arsen, 21, of Moab. apparently were backing a large state-owned truck, on which was mounted the auger to make a soil test. Force of the 600 volts was so great that both men were thrown clear ot the truck cab. The bodies were found shortly after the accident by Byrle Shurts ot Escalante. |