Uintah Basin Standard | 1959-09-17 | Page 1 | Myton Youths Injured in Automobile Wreck

Myton youths injured In automobile wreck Two Myton youths were hospitalized following an auto accident that took place at a.m. Sept It was one of a trio of accidents that during the causing extensive damage and j Sleeping at the wheel was blamed for the accident involving the Myton when Wil-lard formerly of Myton and now serving with the U. dozed miles west of Roosevelt on and rolled his Vaughan and Harold both of suffered cuts and bruises and were The 1952 Buick sedan they were riding in was totally Two Other Accidents Two other recent automobile accidents in this area caused fairly extensive with serious injuries resulting from In an accident that at 5 p.m. Sept 10 at the junction of U. S. Highway 40 and Utah 88 near Fort several injuries were the result of a head-on Hockie driving a 1916 Chevrolet was traveling west on Highway 40 when he to make a left turn onto Utah the road to in front of oncoming 1955 Chevrolet truck driven by Albert J. Atwood was traveling east on U. S. hit the McKinley car The McKinley car was driven back 59 and the other vehicle continued off to the right of roadway 18 feet Injured ser-veral severe laceration on the sprained left broken bad lacerations over right Charles owner of the pickup age dislocated right broken right upper See AUTO WRECK Page 10 Auto wreck from Page fractured collar several broken cuts and G. O. around passenger in the Atwood lacerations on A Total Loss Several hundred dollars in damages were inflicted on the pickup and the automobile was a total September 8 at an accident one mile north of Myton when Vaughn E. of Spanish who is working for the forest service in the local and Floyd E. a retired rancher from were in a Lamb was attempting to make a right turn when Francis attempted to pass him on the The fender of the Lamb vehicle hooked the left rear fender of the Francis causing Francis to lose control of his which then ran off the roadway and rolled over onto its Severe damage Both drivers were given one for improper and one for improper Patrolman Leonard Ferguson i covered both