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Show Five Passengers Injured In Wreck Ole Larson, his daughter-in-law, Mrs. La Verne Larson, and the latter's three children, Devon, 3, Ronald, 5, and Vernon, 7, suffered bruises and cuts and barely escaped serious injury in-jury last Friday evening about 6 p. m., when the Tudor Ford automobile went over an onbankment. Mrs. LaVemo Larson suffered the most serious injuries, in-juries, having her back badly wrenched. wrench-ed. When rescued from the wreck it was first believed that her back was broken, and this belief was not dispelled dis-pelled until Saturday morning. When taken to the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Despain, one of her limbs seemed paralyzed, as it was numb and had no feeling. After medical medi-cal application, however, and rest over night, the leg became normal. In addition addi-tion to her back injury Mrs. Larson suffered bad body bruises. Devon, the baby, suffered many cuts about the head from which the blood fowed freely, and besides he was bumped and bruised. Ole Larson, driver of the car, and the other two! boys; escaped with bad body bruises.. " The tip-over happened about a quarter quar-ter of a mile south of the C. L. Despain Des-pain home on the state highway. Mr. Larson, the driver, was taking th passengers to their home at Axtell, and was running no more ' than 35 miles per hour, he stated.--'He hit n bunch of loose gravel and lost control con-trol of the machine. The ear headed for the side of the road and at thia point the grade is about three feet high, with a sloping grade. ' Larson attempted to right the machine, but. it had advanced too far over the grade and with a quick turn of the steering wheel resulted in tinning the i car over. It plunged forward, turning ever twice and landing upside down. A brother to Mrs. Larson heard the crash and rushed to the scenes and w ith the aid of others who were passing", pass-ing", all the imprisoned passengers were released. The injured were taken to the Despain home and Dr. Ilngnn ' summoned, administering first-aid treatment. Only for the steel top of the automobile, all five passengers might have been crushed to death. Latei reports from the bedside of Mrs. Larson were to the effect that she was recovering rapidly and Tuesday Tues-day she was able to sit up for a short period. It is believed that she will ba able to be up and about by the first of the coming week. |