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Show Five Injured in Two-Car Collision HATCH Four women from Paris, France, and a man from Cottonwood, Aril, were Injured Saturday evening in a two car collision within the limits of Hatch on Highway 89. Driver of the northbound Toyota from Massachusetts, apparently fell to sleep at the wheel according to Utah Highway Trooper Larry Brown. The car crossed over the center line colliding with the 1966 Chevrolet In a 45 degree angle with both left fenders coming together After contact the Toyota skidded to the east side of the highway coming to rest, The Chevrolet came to Immediate stop upon impact. It was later determined Samuel H. Ilicken 29, driver of the car had a dislocated and fractured left thigh. All the occupants of the two cars were taken directly to the Garfield Memorial Hospital then after examination two were transferred to the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. Driver of the Toyota was Constance Giscard d'Estaing, 22, niece of President of France, Valery Giscard d'Estaing. She received lacerations on the neck and face, fractured and dislocated left foot, the tendon In the left leg was cut In several places and she had multiple fractured thigh. She was taken by ambulance to the Salt Lake hospital. Passengers were Catherine Marie Bias, 21, who had facial lacerations and a concussion; Catherine Nicole Baron, 25, compound skull fracture was flown to Salt Lake City and Claudine LcFevre, 25, a concussion. She was taken to Panguitch and released Tuesday. Both LcFevre and Giscard d'Estaing were students at Cambridge last year and were planning to attend Harvard when school started in the fall. Bias and Baron are here on vacation. Mr, Hicken Is In the Peace Rescue workers .attempt to free passenger from small car after two-car collision on U. S. Highway 89 at Hatch Saturday. Constance Giscard d'Estaing, driver of the vehicle, was pinned for several minutes after the accident until passers-by were able to free her. Corps and was en route to begin his service. Before the ambulance got to Hatch from Panguitch, two emergency medical technicians from Provo and a registered nurse from Baltimore, Md. had administered first aid, having the girls about ready to transport with the exception of Miss Giscard d'Estaing who was pinned in the vehicle. |