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Show Couple Injured In Car Crash Last Thursday Arch Poulson, North Tract farmer, farm-er, and his wife, Norma Adamson Poulson, were seriously injured in a car collision last Thursday. The accident occurred at 11:15 a.m. at the intersection on the Delta-Topaz Delta-Topaz road about 10 miles northwest north-west of Delta. Mr. Poulson and his wife and their 4-year old grandson, Jimmie, were driving north to their farm in their Jeep, after a shopping trip to town. Headed west on the other road was a sedan driven by Udell W. Wood, a roofing employe, accompanied ac-companied by Bud Barker. Mr. Poulson stopped the Jeep at the intersection, then went a-head, a-head, right in the path of the oncoming on-coming sedan. Neither driver had seen the other car as 6-foot sunflowers sun-flowers and weeds at that intersection inter-section obstructed the view. Mr. Wood applied the brakes, but was unable to avoid the Jeep, and struck it right in the middle on the side where Mrs. Poulson was seated. Thrown 40 Feet The impact threw the three Poul sons through the top of the Jeep, and they landed about 40 feet away in a ditch with about a foot of water in it. The sedan pushed the Jeep about 32 feet, where it overturned into the ditch. The sedan se-dan was travelling about 50 miles an hour at the time. Mr. Poulson landed in the ditch in a sitting position, where he remained waist deep in water, helpless with pain of what was later found to be an impacted fracture of the right arm near the shoulder. Mrs. Poulson was thrown headlong into the ditch, and with difficulty was trying try-ing to keep her head out of water. If help had not come soon she may have drowned. After she was taken to the Delta hospital it was found she had a fractured pelvis, and deep cuts on both legs. Both had numerous cuts and bruises. The boy was almost unhurt, but badly frightened. In the sedan both men were jam med into the broken windshield and cut about the head. Mr. Wood was crushed against the steering wheel, and Mr. Barker's head was caught for a time in the break in the windshield. Both cars were badly damaged. When the men got loose from the car they attempted at-tempted to help the Poulsons, but were both so groggy from the accident ac-cident they could scarecly move and kept falling down. Aid Soon Comes In a short time Mrs. Vern Moody drove by and stopped to help. Soon after Arch Barben and Stanley Steele drove up and aided the victims. vic-tims. They held Mrs. Poulson's head out of water and later had lifted her onto the road in the shade of a truck. Dr. M. E. Bird and the ambulance arrived and brought the victims to town for medical care. The accident was investigated in-vestigated by Jack Bennett, deputy dep-uty sheriff. Taken to LDS Hospital Thursday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Poulson were taken to the LDS hospital. Mr. Poulson returned from there Monday night, with his arm in a cast. Mrs. Poulson is remaining there while the broken pelvis knits. Her sister, Mrs. Nina Lee, visited them at the hospital Sunday. Their son, David, was also al-so with them, and their daughter, Mrs. Leona Poulson from Tucson, Arizona, had arrived. Mrs. Poulson was reported as improving daily, although in considerable con-siderable pain, most of which was caused by the bruises and cuts on her legs and hips. |