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Show I f ' 3'-' "" . 1 . V " ' .J '' . . 1 i " "--V. 1 . . I . 1 J - n ' - .... V " - 5 - " '.. ' ' 1 . . " t J- , . I 'li v - y ' " I "'4 ; ... - - J, A 5:30 a.m. Monday, March 16 accident on an ice and snow covered street on the last curve going north on Highway 89 in Panguitch left two No Injuries As Car Slides Into Pole A 5:30 a.m. Monday accident on the north end of Panguitch totaled a 1983 Mazda II sedan. The driver, Erika Eichhorn, Provo, slid into the telephone pole , just north of the . Texaco station adjacent to theV Flying M Restaurant. Eichhorn, 28, is the fiance of the car's owner, Ray Witmer, also of Provo. The two other occupants were Paul Witmer, 23, and sister Ann Witmer, 18, both of Provo. Both Eichhorn and Ray Witmer were wearing seat belts and Than Cooper, Panguitch Police Department investigating in-vestigating officer, said that had the two persons in the front seat not . been wearing seat belts they would have received serious injuries. Eichhorn and Paul Witmer were taken to the Garfield Memorial members of a party of four from Provo with slight injuries. The irothers, group was checked at hospital and released. Hospital by "Good Samaritan" Claude Bradbury, Kanab, an employee em-ployee of Kaibab Industries of Arizona. They were kept overnight for observation but have been released. Officer Cooper said that the accident ac-cident was caused by snow and ice covered streets. He stated that people need to learn that driving safely in icy or snowy weather is merely learning several very simple rules. One is to lightly pump your brakes in turning or rounding a curve or in stopping. Another rule, he said, is for the driver to take his foot off the brake the moment he senses he is going into a slide. |
