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Show Intersection Car Crash Claims Another Life at P.G. Entrance Highway 91 and Center intersection inter-section in Pleasant Grove claimed claim-ed another life last Christinas Eve. A father was killed and his wife and three children were injured in-jured in a head-on crash which also hurt two other persons. Gary iSmith, 28, Orem, died at Holy Cross Hospital in Salt Lake City at 9:45 p.m. two hours after the smashup at the intersection of Highway 91 and Center Street. His wife, Rulene was reported in "good" condition in American Fork Hospital with head lacerations. lacera-tions. A daughter, Ooren, 6, suffered bruises and lacerations and was also reported in "good" condition. Two other children, Debra 8, and Gregory 2, were given treatment treat-ment at the hospital and released. Officer James Hall of the Pleasant Grove police department said the Smith auto was northbound north-bound when it was involved in a head-on collision with a southbound south-bound car driven by Erick Deon Gillen, 18, Oasis, Millard County. Mr. Gillen suffered a broken nose, cuts and a leg injury and was reported in "good" condition at Utah Valley Hospital. His sister, Colleen, 16, a passenger passen-ger in the car, suffered a broken jaw, cuts and was also reported in "good" condition at the same hospital. Reports from the two Utah County Hospitals on Thursday, Dec. 27; revealed that of the six persons injured in the Christmas Eve crash, only two were still hospitalized. They were Mr. Gillen and his sister, Colleen. They were reported in "satisfactory" condition. |