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Show ; Nx o ; V V 'i I" 0 "Wmi ,lll, loorTi?v J( C ' J : Nr- --- - ; is? i . . if klj ;;i . ! i i i j - 'y-uvfZ-' , -1 ' " - , - . . ...... 1 - - - ..'i .. ... - . . . ? , , ' ' ..' Pleasant Grove Post Office personnel were not prepared for this delivery Tuesday when a large automobile drove through the front window scattering customers, glass, postal clerks, shrubbery and office fixtures. Three people suffered minor injuries. Car makes drive-thru entrance at PG post office the post office, including Postmaster Keele, said they thought a bomb had gone off. Ann Cox and Nancy Newman were in the post office waiting in line along with Leroy Baum, who apparently owned the car, and Etta Bidiman. Mrs. Bidiman and Mr. Baum were cut by flying glass and sustained bumps and abrasions. They were taken, along with Mrs. Baum who was in the car at the time of the accident, to Utah Valley Hospital in two Pleasant Grove ambulances. Mr. Keele estimated damage at over $5,000. All of the scales on the counter, cash and stamp drawers were thrown to the floor in the impact. The post office remained open on a limited basis. Mrs. Cox said she heard the car as it hit the window and was able to get out of the way. Mr. West and postal clerk Glade Hilton rendered assistance until . ambulance , crews arrived on the scene. Officer Vickers said he had not been able to question Mrs. Baum closely but it appeared the car had begun to roll and she tried to put on the brake and accidentaly hit the accelerator. Police are still investigating the incident. Don Keele, Pleasant Grove postmaster, post-master, said he had always desired a drive-up window at the post office but not in the way he got it Tuesday morning. According to Pleasant Grove police officer Dave Vickers a car jumped the curb, crashed through the front window of the post ofice, knocked a table out of the way and came to a halt after pushing the counter several inches ahead of it. Stan West, postal clerk on duty, said he was helping a customer, glanced up and barely had time to jump out of the way. Postal clerks in the back portion of |