Show auto accident on high hig hway south of willard As the result of 0 an auto accident on the state highway south of willard friday morning mr and mrs airs J francis merrell of 0 this city were badly shaken up and slightly bruised and their gardner touring car badly damaged and merlin cook ot of willard received a fractured elbow bone mr and mrs merrell bere were on their way to ogden and near the cook home borne mr merrell noticed two cars ahead parked at either side ot of the highway the one on the west was a milk wagon belonging to glen cordon ot of ogden the other W a ford truck belonging to mr cook there was ample room tor for an auto to pass between the cars however according to mr air merrell who was driving at about 30 miles an hour he slowed down when within about yards ot of the other cars as he noticed A mr IT cook was standing at the side ot of his ford in the meantime mr cook stepped up and cranked his car and then went back and stepped on the sideboard ready to climb in mr air merrell then sped up a little and when wh en within about ten feet of 0 the cars mr air cook suddenly left his car and started across the highway coming directly in front of the merrell auto in order to avoid running mr cook down mr merrell says he applied his brakes and turned into the milk truck and the collision threw the tear rear end of his car around the back fender striking mr cook with the results as stated above mr air merrell says he r risked I 1 s k ed the lives of 0 he and his wife by turning into the other car in his effort to save mr air cook 00 |