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Show Cedar City Man Involved In Truck Accident Tuesday Albert C. Blederman was released on $50 bail Wednesday following an accident Tuesday night on the Springville highway Just north of the Utah county infirmary In which R. D. Wells, trucker of Orem, was fatally injured. The accident occurred when Wells, driving north with a truckload ol coal, clipped the left corner of the flump truck driven by Mr. Blederman Bleder-man as he made a left hand turn In front of the Wells' machine, it Is reported. After striking the Blederman Bleder-man car, Wells apparently lost contra! con-tra! of his truck and it careened off the highway Into a huge tree. Mr. Blederman was booked for Investigation on a reckless driving charge, later being released on $50 ball Mr. Blederman told officers that he had secured his coal in Carbon county, but turned north Instead of south after coming down Spanish Span-ish Fork canyon and had stopped to obtain highway information. He had started to turn around and go south when the crash occurred, he said, and did not see the Wells truck until It struck his own. |