OCR Text |
Show ,.,.,..,,.,,. I f- ----;.-;-,: ' -.',--. -,- "-. ! $AA!SsA ' ': Seat belts prevented fatalities in a Sept. 28 two-car collision in Hatch. Two German HATCH Seat belts again saved lives in a two-car accident Sept. 28 that could easily have resulted re-sulted in fatalities according to the investigating Utah Highway Patrol officer. In the Wednesday morning accident, acci-dent, a 1982 compact Chevy pickup struck a northbound Toyota Corolla on U.S. 89 in front of the post office in Hatch, causing injuries in-juries to all three occupants of both tourists in a Toyota were struck by a picjt, truck. Both vehicles were totaled. ' Seat Belts Credited With Saving Three vehicles. Lcland Riggs, Hatch, was cited in the accident in which he sustained sus-tained head injuries. He was transported trans-ported to Garfield Memorial Hospital in Panguitch for treatment. treat-ment. Driver of the Toyota, Dr. Erich Ruclh, Morehoven, West Germany, received head injuries, and his pa J senger, Christel Haeser, sclsheim, West Germany, sus&t both head and leg injuries. The! were transported by ambulance t Garfield Memorial Hospital ft-treatment. ft-treatment. Investigating officer was UK Trooper Craig Twitchcll. |