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Show Car Collision Friday Injures Delta Matron Mrs. Maurine Anderson, wife o Rulon D.. Anderson, Sutherland farmer, far-mer, is at the LDS hospital recovering recov-ering from injuries received Friday afternoon in a car collision at 4341 South State St., Salt Lake' City. Both kneecaps were cracked in the accident. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson and three children were driving in to Salt Lake City for conference, where Mrs. Anderson was to sing with the Deseret stake chorus in the tabernacle on Saturday. In the car before them were Mr. and Mrs. A L Kimber and Mr. and Mrs. Dawayne Kimber, also going in for conference, and Mrs. Kimber in the chorus. ! The Kimber car had stopped, as . a car ahead in the traffic lane was making a left turn. Mr. Anderson And-erson just behind, rammed into the rear of the Kimber car, which in turn struck the car just ahead. Mr. Anderson later was issued a citation for following too close and too fast. The accident was investigated in-vestigated by a Salt Lake deputy sheriff. Mrs. Anderson was the most seriously ser-iously injured, with both kneecaps knee-caps cracked and bruises about the head when she struck and broke the windshield. Mr. Anderson, Ander-son, at the wheel, was injured about the chest, and the steering wheel, which was bent in the accident, ac-cident, broke some of his front teeth. Their daughter, LaRue, in the back seat, was cut and bruised the two younger children were not injured. Both cars were considerably damaged, the Kimber car both at front and back, and the Anderson about the radiator and lights. None of the passengers In the Kimber car were hurt. Mrs. Anderson was taken to the hospital and was reported in "fairly "fair-ly good" condition. On Tuesday, it was reported, Mrs. Anderson had surgery ori the injured legs and breaks were men-Jed men-Jed with silver pins. One leg was broken right in the kneecap, and the other just above. |