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• Compil'd from Daily News and Associated Press ReportsEight persons died in five separate accidents on Montana's roadways Sunday and an inquest is planned into the death Friday of a man injured in an accident last monthVincent John Moreno, 22, one of four persons injured in a June 6 highway accident 10 miles west of Havre, died about 8am Friday in a Great Falls hospital An inquest is plannedVincent Moreno was one ot mree people in a west-bound Plymouth that turned off U S Highway 2 into the path of an oncoming Montana Highway Patrol car driven by Gordon Hage of Chester causing a head-on collisionHill Countv Attorney Ronald Smith said an autopsy was performed lastFriday and the results will be released as soon as pathologists reports are received He said he has ordered a coroner’s jury be empaneled and expects an inquest will be conducted to determine if criminal negligence was involved in the death.Hage suffered internal chest injuries and was flown to Billings where he underwent su rgery at the Deaconess Hospital A hospital spokesman indicated Hage was partially paralyzed and he has since been transferred to a Seattle hospital for treatmentSmith said investigation of the accident indicates Arthur Campbell, another occupant in the Moreno vehicle, was driving the Plymouth when it collided with the patrolman’s cruiser Manuel Moreno, the victim sbrother, was the third passenger in the Plymou th Both he and Campbell were hospitalized at Northern Montana Hospital with minor injuries Manuel Moreno was released June 16 and Campbell June 25The accident occured as the car carrying the three men turned into the gravel parking lot of a tavern and Hage was answering an emergency call Fuel from a ruptured gas line ignited and Hage’s car burst into flames A passing motorist pulled Hage from the wreckageMoreno’s death will not be included in state death troll figures according to Highway Patrol officials because he died more than a month after the accident.Services for Moreno were held todayat 11 a m in St Jude s Catholic Church in Havre, with burial in Highland Cemetery A wake was held Sunday night at the Rocky Boy ReservationMoreno was born in Havre and worked as a laborer in this area until his deathSurvivors include his wife, Marilynn. Havre; parents, Robert Moreno, Sr., Leming, Texas, and Kathleen Denny, Havre; two sisters. Carmen Guanbeck, Billings, and Donna Moreno, Washington state five brothers, Larry Denny, Rocky Boy; Robert Moreno, Billings, Richard and Manuel Moreno, both of Havre; and David Ray Moreno, Washington state He was preceded in death by a brother, Joe MorenoA motorcycle-car crash 37 *2 miles
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