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Show Killed Instantly In Crash on U. S. 6 Last Vednesday A California woman was killed instanty, and her husband painfully pain-fully injured Wednesday of last week about 1 p.m. when their car was wrecked on U. S. Highway 6 17 miles west of Delta. This was the first fatality on the highway which was officially opened op-ened at the celebration in Delta the preceding Saturday. The couple was identified as Mr. and Mrs. Floyd E. Miller o Portola California. They had been driving since 2 a.m. Wednesday on their way to Colorado Mr. Miller, who was conscious, told Deputy Sheriff O J. Bennett, that his wife was driving when he noticed her dozing iat the wheel. He called to her and she made an effort to straighten the car, and he also grabbed the wheel. But the car was out' of control and rolled Into the right shoulder of the road, then skidded back on to and down the road to overturn twice in the barrow pit. It came to rest facing west. Both occupants were thrown from the car, and their possessions posses-sions were scattered along the highway for a block. The car was a total loss. It was a 1951 sedan and so badly smashed it was a marvel that Mr. Miller was not killed, too. The victims were on the highway high-way froml p.m. until about 2:30 p.m. before a car came by, iand rushed Into Delta for help. Mr. Miller was brought in for medical oare. It was thought at first that his leg was broken, but later it was determined that he had no broken bones, but one leg had the ligaments liga-ments badly torn. He also had many cuts and bruises. Mr. Miller is a conductor with the Western Pacific railroad, the second oldest in service. His son, Floyd E. Miller, Jr., also a railroad employe, and hi9 wife, arrived in Delta Thursday to help their father fath-er home. Mrs. Miller's body was shipped Friday to Portola for burial, bur-ial, and others left for home that day. |