Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-01-23 | Page 2 | Boy is Run down and Badly Injured

BOY IS RUN DOWN AND BADLY INJURED Salt Lake, Jan 23 Truman Hoffman, Hoff-man, aged 10 years, son of Mrs Ann Halpln. was severely Injured as a result re-sult of being run down by a taxlcab driven by G. E Perkins, In tho employ em-ploy of the Perdue Auto Taxlcab company com-pany According to the statements of ove-witnesseg the chaufTour was not to blamp for the acc.dcnt The Huffman bo, who lives with his mother at 7 Strinsfellow avenue, waB attempting to ride on the roar of a delivery wagon of the Grceno-wnld Grceno-wnld Furniture company between Fifth and Sixth South streets on State street. The delivery wagon was going north and the taxlcab was following It In tho sarao direction. The boy did nob succeed. In climbing upon the- wagon, and as he relinquished relinquish-ed ills' hold upon the wagon he did not see tho auto behind him. Seeing the boy In front of him the chauffeur applied his brakes. Tho boy, becoming confused, ran In front of the automobile Tho front wheol of the machine passed over his right leg, Inflicting a deep gash seven inches inch-es long. The Injured boy was taken to the emergency hospital at the pollco station sta-tion by Patrolman Slmpbon and his wound wn6 dressed by Dr. H. B Spraguc. assistant city physician. Huffman wag then removed to his home. R. M, Smith, 12S West Fourth North street, and A. W. Tripp, 35S South West' Temple alreot, witnessed tho accident, ac-cident, oth declare that the chauffeur chauf-feur was-blameless in tho matter.