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Show High Winds Lead To Accident To Delta Matron Mrs. Heber (Lojs) Curtis is a patient this week at the L D S hospital, where she was taken following fol-lowing an accident last Wednesday, Wednes-day, for surgery on a broken kneecap. knee-cap. Local' residents and those farther far-ther will remember that last Wednesday Wed-nesday was one of the worst on record for wind with blinding gusts of dust and grit coming from the south all afternoon. Mrs. Curtis had driven to Jericho with Mr. Curtis, and was returning return-ing alone to Delta to take her Primary class. About half-way between be-tween Lynndyl and Delta strong blasts of wind and sand caused her to pull to the side of the road to avoid a wreck. Just ahead of her were three cars that had bumped each other. oth-er. As she started to get out of her car, a fifth car smashed Into the rear of the Curtis car, and the impact caused the broken right kneecao. Mrs. Curtis was brought into Delta for medical attention, where X-ray showed the knee-cap was broken in two, and the lower half was splintered. It was decided to send her to the LDS, where Mr. Curtis took her early Thursday. Her recovery at this .time is reported re-ported "as well as could be expected". |