Show Summit Man Steps Away from rom On One Train Kill Killed by Another Thursday EMORY Summit County A I year old man was killed Instantly here Thursday at 1025 a a. a m. m when he apparently slipped Into the path of ot an nn eastbound eastbound eastbound east- east bound Union Pacific passenger train Killed was James W W. Johnson an nn of nf Continental EnglI Engl- Engl I ners a a Denver Colo surveying i firm Mr Johnson was employed ns as a n rod man with the surveyIng surveyIng survey surveys Ing company According TO fO Summit County Deputy Sheriff Wilbur Powell who Investigated Mr Johnson war wa working on a resurvey of U. U S. S Highway 30 Slips Over Edge Eds Mr Powell said that Mr Johnson JohnI Johnson John John- I son apparently stepped backward I to position his rod and slipped over o the edge of a 0 slight hill The I ground was slippery slipper with snow Mr Powell said According to Mr Powell there were two taro trains at the point of the mishap A freight train was and the passenger train the City of Los Angeles was vas eastbound Railroad officials said Mr Johnon Johnson John- John on son may have been confused contused by bythe bythe bythe the noise of the freight train and did not hear the passenger train Taken to Coah Coalville ille Members of or the surveying crew not notified fled a a Highway Patrol checkIng checking checking check check- ing station at Echo 10 miles away of oC the mishap Assisting Mr Powell in the investigation were Ted Tod London of the Utah State Highway Patrol and Summit County Coroner John John B. B Car Car- man Mr Johnson was was' born Jan 25 25 1932 at Thompson Ga a son of Mr and Mrs J J. J V V. V Johnson He lie married Martha Robinson Dec 20 1957 1951 at Elko Nev Nest He lie was a veteran of the Korean Conflict having served In the Air I Force with the Service Squadron I Widow Survives Sun Survivors Include his widow two step children Harold and Tamira Lamb his mother Mrs 1 Florence Johnson Thompson Ga and two sisters also of Georgia I |