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Show Transient Dies Of Injuries Following Accident Sunday giah county sheriff's officers late ... week were still seeking infor-.jon infor-.jon which would lead to the 'niplete identification of a transit trans-it who was struck by three cars i fatally injured, on the state J",h,.ay east of American Fork " Nidav night. Papers on the trafic victim's per--n identified him as Thomas Walsh, wlit 40 years of age, but where he Jed and his survivors had not been lewnined. A Salvation Army fcing ticket, found in his pocket, (fjjs the most likely clue, and it is yeved this organization in Salt city will be able to furnish jme information, Deputy Sheriff J. ., jIerCer said Tuesday. Further in- ' gtigation in this direction was taiting return of a Salvation Army gcer authorized to open the rec- 1r Walsh died in the Community J ,'ipital at midnight Sunday, of a sal skull fracture and other in-3 in-3 es, two hours after the accident. ;ar driven by Floyd Millett, assist-)! assist-)! coach at Brigham Young uni-isity, uni-isity, who was accompanied by his -;e and three-month-old baby, x the victim first, if Millett told Deputy Sheriff J. J. ,Lj i.xer and Night Marshal Albert .. :k that the man was walking in x' i middle of the highway and ;;gering from side to side and it he swerved his car sharply to 5 ; lrft to avoid striking the man he suddenly staggered into the fii of the machine. The front . it of the car apparently missed ' e man, Millett said, but the right Mr bumper struck the victim and llbled him to the hard-surfaced 'Way. Stopping his machine approximately approxi-mately 75 feet from the spot where p accident occurred, Millett start-i start-i to run back to him and another fetMne approached going east, M-JBett reported. Just then the man pn to get up off the highway and V It second machine struck him, hit-i hit-i il'lg him squarely with the front - taper. Then another machine ctre: lowing ran over his legs, Millett ir.fi: 'J. Neither of the last two driv-ayx- stopped. affile man was removed from the 5 -' way by Millett and another .z. torist and Deputy Mercer and jpfi jiit Marshal Birk were notified, 'the man rushed -to the hospital, arcs Ish did not regain consciousness, nediii basal skull fracture proving The man evidently was drag-some drag-some 90 feet by the second ma-luj: ma-luj: marks on the highway show-there- 4ications are that the victim suffering from undernourish-orne undernourish-orne " and was in very poor physical jospii Won, Deputy Mercer said. The stay. !r described the victim as being toximately 40 years of age, 6 jlotc 1 W, weighing 130 pounds, with aretfc: k to, blue eyes and a sandy joy, bt He was wearing dark trous-a trous-a light coat, gray cap, low-cut oxfords and gray sweater. theK Be Paper found on his possession "treats "ceipt from a Mrs. Campbell 'tm rent from September 20 BS "or rom 33, totaling $2.25. The tali i'S w"s a Salvation Army receipt aedW-5 eing- Neither had any name town or city in which they . gars: jjssued, Mercer said. 'jjtiiol; "'cers Monday exonerated Mr. terl :. !t'irom all blame for the ac-' ac-' niceU " 3-month-old baby of i .1 wdMrs. Millett was thrown pare:- 1 lts nib in the back seat to 31 s: ,1(10r of the car when Mr. Mil-Del Mil-Del ferved the machine in an el-'" el-'" miss striking the man. The jJB i however, was uninjured. |