University of Utah Student Newspapers--The Chronicle | 1944-01-06 | Page 1 | ASTP Man Dies New Year's Eve

Man Dies New Year's Eve Automobile Driver I Fails To See Crossing Intersection Death struck a blow at the campus 53 minutes after the New Year had been hailed when Private John W. was struck by a car while crossing East While students danced in the Union building he was rushed to the Fort Douglas post hospital where he died six hours after the accident Death resulted from a fractured Private Cole was struck down by a car after alighting from the street car at Fourth South according to The driver said he was blinded by the street car lights and didn't see Private Cole crossing the Private came to the university from South He graduated from Gary high school and was registered at the South Dakota State College prior to his induction into the army a year The body has been sent to Gary for the funeral which will be held at the Gary Methodist