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Show levaa Aatclsf iAlti) i lb vi; Ltn i Aid Drives On Arhen Airosted Near Lehi Do chircd he Only Hit Dop; or. En;d; Leavor; Car With lh3: Utah County SiierifT. noth logs a:ul the co:!:n- b..ne of! Aiwr Ilumpshire, age 1. son ot -Mr.' and Mrs. Samuel li. -ILimpGhii e of Orem, were broken Thursday cv-j mn.? u'lien the boy was n.:n m-ji- !iy an automobile driven by Erik Pe n son of Levan. The driver tailed to' stop after the accident but wis n--: rested about 20 minutes after the' accident at Lehi by Mar.ha A!.:.;' Christ oipherson on adv'.ce from BheriiT J. U. Boyd. The boy and a companion were eioss-ne; ith reived highway .near the intersection of the rrnvo ca;.-yon ca;.-yon road at Orem. when Mr. IV, ,-! ion's car knocked him to the pavement. pave-ment. The coinpanion Hilled the r. juried boy from the pavement so he would not be run over by other cars. When Peterson failed to stop, Marshal J. IT. Wilson set in pursuit but could not overtake him. Francis Abel of American Fork, who v;; ? a'-.o coining along in an a'lto. tred to catch the driver of the accident, cai but failed. Bert Parks, a neighbor at. the scene of the accident, notified Sher-'fi Sher-'fi Boyd who in;trnet,ed a'i! officer-; between' Orem and Salt Lake to be on the lookovlt for a .c:o;e" 'nr. Peterson was on his way to a Salt Lake hospital to visit his wife. The aceident occurred spoilt 6:1" TI ' ;rday evenir.g. When arreste-.i Trterson denied any knowlet'iTe of ''fvb.r run into the boy. He told 'he officer that he thought he ivn ir.lo a dog out on Provo Bench but had not stopped to invest 'gate. At the time of the accident there were no eai-S ahead of Peterson fo" a , 'tmg distance, according to the two brys. Peterson was taken to Prov-, where he left his autoniohile in the custody of Sheriff Boyd, but was permitted to continue on the train to Salt Lake. |
