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MORRELL COTTEW DIED INSTANTLY IN CAB OF PANELFailure to Stop at Highway Throws Truck Under Big Semi At Crossing West of NorwichA near-dusk accident at highway iBlerttertlon of highway 2 went of Norwich cost the life of Leo Morrell Cottew, 44. of Shenandoah Wednesday night.The salesman for the Page County Supply failed to stop his north- j hound panel truck as it approached the paving. Measurements show he slid his tires on the gravel 46 feet before the front end of his vehicle rammed under the heavily loaded semi-trailer truck load of hogs. The me K was owned by Kenneth Rip h j of lt;*oin and drh lt;n by Max KI- t don Macrander. .’10, was heuded , west.The stock was of such weight I that Macrander told highway offic- | • rs that he hardly felt the impact of Cottew * truc k as it wedged midway under the semi. Ills load was being trucked to Fremont, Nebr.Mr Cottew is salesman for the 1 local Farm llureau division and ' i r had worked later than normal. Me j , ■ had been assisting Arlo Sunderman i who was applying fertilizer at the •I farm of Kenneth Mathis. Sunder- | t man was probably last to see Cot- • lew alive. I* 1 He was en route to his home in | n Shenandoah at about 20. and just i what happened at the corner, at t V which he undoubtedly had stopped ; n hundreds of times, will never l*e ' known. iThe panel truck was crumbled un-i der the heavy semi truck. It must I | have bounced along the concrete, • i , Patrolman Rank described after in- lt;II vestigating, for it was 127 feet away '• from w'here tlie crash took place-.'• Oil was over the highway and tire ,marks shows its course to the south ! ’* I side of the highway, west of the i IK I corner.Trapped In Seat 11 | Inside uf tlie |anel truc k was an \ m ■explanation of why the vlcttm’s-i head and face w-ere cut open, proto- 1 I ably from the crushed top. County] (Coroner Fred Hackett wus among j r first to arrive and removed the *** i body from the seat. Deputy Sheriff **■ Tom Cummings and Patrolman Bob , j Rank were called to investigate and _ assist.The semi trailer truc k was tin-1 able to complete its trip to market. The load of heavy hogs was traus- ! ferred to other trucks. The rear j wheels hud been pushed out of line*, i Mr Cottew had taken over his I position with the Page County Sup- j ! ply on April 1, being salesman for ! half of Page County for the farm ,I products. Prior to that, he had j fanned near Kssex, which farm the! family still owns. The three had moved to Shenandoah with his affil-j iation with the Central Surveys He i has been an active officer of the | Reorganized Church of the Latter Day Saints j He has a wife and 10-year-old daughter It was the task of the j coroner to inform the family ron-j t enting Cottew’s death, i Mr Cottew’s mother and step father are Mr und Mrs A M Clay-| burn of Tabor und sister Is Mrs j Truman Stansburg of lais Angeles, | j Calif. Morrell’s home had origin- , i 1 ly been in tlie Tabor vicinity.The fu'# rut is to be Saturday. ! j Prayer service will he at 1 :30 p m i at the Hackett Funeral Home and | service at 2 p m at the Reorganized (Church of the letter Day Saints j in Shenandoah. The burial will be at Tabor.Tlie Farm Bureau and Fxtension Office will be closed after noon I Saturday for' the associates to at-| tend the funeral.
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Clarinda Herald Journal
Clarinda, Iowa, US
Thu, Jun 19, 1958
Page 7
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