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Show Filax Rogers lulled In Saturday Auto Accident; Everett Goodrich Injured Max Rogers, 22, of Upako was killed early Saturday morning morn-ing in Mt. Emmons, when his car overturned into government canal No, 8, pinning him beneath be-neath the car. . Everett Goodrich, of Bluebell, Blue-bell, in the car with Mr. Rogers, suffered severe face and body lacerations. Treated at the Roosevelt Roos-evelt hospital, he was released Sunday. State Trooper R. A; Devine and Deputy Sheriff Claude War-dell, War-dell, who conducted an investigation investi-gation of the crash, reported the car was going south on Highway 87, when the auto, traveling at a high rate of speed, went out of control, skidded, hit a shoulder shoul-der of the road and turned over, ov-er, throwing Mr. Rogers out and pinning him under the car in the canal. Following the wreck, Mr. Goodrich heard Rogers cry twice for help. In total darkness he searched for him along the road and in the canal, before running to the Bruce Hartman residence for aid. A resuscitator, rushed to the scene, was used unsuccessfully. Dr. Genn Wyler, of Roosevelt, who conducted a medical investigation, inves-tigation, said that although some water-was present in Mr. , Rogers' Rog-ers' lungs, he probably died of multiple injuries. Funeral services for Mr. Rogers Rog-ers were conducted Monday in the Upalco LDS ward chapel by Hugo Mitchell. Burial was in the Upalco cemetery. Born Nov. 23, 1927, in Mt. Emmons, Mr. Rogers was a son of Milan and Romola Rees Rogers. He attended Roosevelt and Altamont high schools. He served in the Army for one year, stationed in Japan. He is survived by his parents; three brothers, Rees Rogers, Roosevelt, and Jae and Jon Rogers, Rog-ers, Upalco; a sister, Miss Joyce Rogers, Upalco, and a grandfather, grand-father, David J. Rees, Taft, California. |
