Uintah Basin Standard | 1957-12-05 | Page 1 | Saturday Road Crash Kills F. O. Lundberg, 77, Resident of Gusher

Saturday Road Crash Kills Resident of Gusher The death of Franz Otto resident of the Gusher last Saturday afternoon in a truck-auto accident about seven miles east of Roosevelt on Highway 40 raised Uintah county's traffic death toll to 9 for the year year the county reported only one Lundberg was killed almost instantly about p.m. when the pickup truck he was driving through the was struck from behind by an eastbound 1957 Pontiac driven by Elmer Kent or Riding with Bentley were Fran L. of owner of the and of Fort Harrison suffered deep head injuries and a fractured His condition was reported good today by an attending and will probably be released from the Roosevelt Hospital in a few Chapoose was uninjured and Bentley received a cut hut was not He is charged with negligent Car Traveling Fast Investigating officers from the Highway Patrol said the sedan occupied by the trio approached the pickup from the rear at high speed and was about to pass the truck when an auto approached from the opposite The sedan swung back into the right lane and its right front fender collided with the rear of the The pickup traveled 51 feet from the point of then struck a rail and skidded uphill 84 feet against the rail before pitching It then rolled 57 feet down an embankment and landed on its officers Thrown from Vehicle was from the vehicle and was found feet from where his pickup came to Lundberg was pronounced dead on arrival at the Roosevelt After the the sedan traveled feet uphill with one wheel officers Services Held Funeral services were held for Lundberg at the Ballard ward chapel under the direction of Basin Lodge on Back SATURDAY ROAD CRASH from Page He was bom May in to John and Betty On March he married Irene C. at Council They moved to Gusher on July where he had resided except for a few years during World War when he worked at Tooele Ordnance He was a member of Basin Lodge at and a fanner and stockman in the Uintah Survivors include his three David and Franz Horace W. Salt Lake ten one brother and four Oscar Godfrey Clara Amanda both of Ellen and Emily Charles Burial was in the Roosevelt City