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Show Auto Crash Victim ReadsOwnObituary Lloyd Anderson now realizes how it feels to be resting easily, be alive, and then read of his tragic death. This experience came to him last Friday Fri-day evening while he was confined to his bed following an accident which befell him Thursday evening. Wednesday Wed-nesday Mr. Anderson, who is fast recovering from his experience, was in high spirits and got a "kick" out of reading the Salt Lake newspaper report of his "tragic death." While Anderson is gaining fastly from his narrow escape, he admits the call was a close one. Thursday evening about nine o'clock Mr. Anderson, Ander-son, accompanied by J. W. Roach as driver, Lloyd Dunie and Ralph Quail, all employed on the highway work south of Richfield, were returning from the work and were enroute to Richfield. While passing through Central, Cen-tral, a car driven by Leo Poulsen, with Miss Muriel Poulson, a sister, and Carl and Zola Christensen, ;rash-ed ;rash-ed the Anderson car, throwing the latter from the highway and turning it over three times. Anderson was in' the rear seat and in the compact of the two machines he was thrown from the car and when picked up in the middle of the-road he was unconscious. un-conscious. He was taken to a nearby house and medical aid called from Richfield. Friday morning the injured injur-ed man was brought to Gunnison by County Attorney C. M. Edwards, and taken to the home of Moroni Childs, father-in-law to Anderson. An examination exam-ination showed that his chest had been crushed, ligaments in the leg slightly torn, and that he had suffered suf-fered a slight concussion. A gash on the back of the head required a few stitches and the body was badly bruised. Other members in the Anderson Ander-son party escaped with slight cuts and bruises. It is said that the occupants occu-pants of the Poulsen car escaped with minor bruises. Both cars were total wrecks and that someone was not instantly killed is only a miracle. Sheriff Vern Fairbanks, who started start-ed an investigation at once, so it 5s reported, made measurements and it is said that the automobile driven by Leo Poulsen was infringing on the right-of-way of the Anderson car, being be-ing more than two feet over the line on which he should be traveling. Poulsen and his party were enroute to a dancing party and it is reported were driving at a good rate of speed. 1 Mrs.; Anderson, when appraised of the i accident, accompanied by her . ' "' (Continued on last page) Auto Crash Victim Reads Obituary (Continued from page 1) sons, Gage and Odell, came to Gunnison, Gun-nison, and has been at the br-dside d her husband constantly. Mr. Anderson An-derson is making a splendid recovery and declared yesterday that he expected ex-pected to be able to return to his home by the last of the week. Mr. Anderson had been a resident of Gunnison until 192G, when he removed re-moved his family to Salt Lake. For some time he was employed as clerk for the Landis Tractor company, and lately he was employed by the J. C. Compton Construction company, road contractors, as a tractor driver. |