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Show (Boy injured in kuto' accident.' A six-year-old boy was injured Tvednesday morning when he darted nto the street and was hit by a mssing vehicle at 100 N. 500 East. Det. Bert Bean said Benjamin Cric Packer was taken to Orem Community Hospital by Pleasant Jrove Ambulance where he was idmitted and treated for abrasions jnd torn muscles in the left leg. The :hild was released the next day. Det. Bean reported that four hildren were walking at the edge of he roadway when the Packer boy uddenly ran into the path of a westbound vehicle driven by Ruby )ianne Davis, Pleasant Grove. The car was only traveling about 5 miles per hour at the time of the ccident, the officer said. The driver ttempted to avoid hitting the child ut the left front of the car hit him nd pushed him about 27 feet along the roadway, Det. Bean noted. Two of the tires were on snow and ice, he added. There were no others injured in the mishap. In other police matters, officers have arrested two 16-year-old boys in connection with the theft of three pairs of skis from a shed in Pleasant Grove. The skis were returned. Kay S. Galetka, 240 W. 800 North, told officers that some wedding rings had been stolen. They are valued at $1,200. There are suspects. A 16-year-old male was arrested for possession of a dangerous weapon at Pleasant Grove High School. A gun had been found under some steps by an office aide and turned in. The youth had apparently stolen the gun and left it under the stairs, officers said. See Police Page 3 ;Police blotter Continued from front page z Robert Cardall, new owner of the :Cozy Corner Cafe in Pleasant Grove, It reported that his business had been ): broken into during the night of Feb. 6-7. Entry had been made through r, the back door. ii Damage was estimated at $600. In siaddition, a cash register valued at t:$350, a cash box valued at $10 and t$150 in cash had been taken, t Officer Randy Shepherd said there i! were no suspects. :i Julene Hansgen reported that someone took her purse from her car iwhile she was parked at 495 E. 200 South in Lindon. She had stopped to it pick up her daughter and the purse if was taken- while she was in the house. Her purse was valued at $30. fit contained her checkbook, some credit cards and $15 in cash. A 17-year-old male was arrested on Feb. 5 for a theft at Mikes Fuel Stop in Lindon. The incident occurred oc-curred on Jan. 19. Officer John Lloyd said the youth had attempted to take some tools from a wrecker truck. Officer Jay Thornton investigated an accident Monday night in which a deer ran into the roadway at 100 E. 1800 North and was hit by a car driven by Kay H. Wanless, Pleasant Grove. The officer said that the Wanless car was southbound when the accident ac-cident occurred. There was $1,000 damage to the car. The deer was killed in the accident. |