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California woman and Bennett Youth victims of Highway 40A clean slate, in-so-far as fatal traffic accidents were concerned, was suddenly changed when two tragic deaths, both near Myton on Highway 40. were reported within four days. One fatality occurred on Thursday/May 21, and the other e irh Sunday morning. May 24,A California woman, reported to be in her 40‘s. filed Thursday afternoon when the station wagon she was driving went out of control, traveling 515 feet before it rolled nvirapparently crushing her in the roll. The accident happened about a mile west of Mvton,ityigd-L-d,eLS-IGBnfdnhnWednesday rites Held for Highway victimFuneral services were held Wednesday at 11 a m in the Roosevelt LDS Slake Center for William i Billy j Russell Phillips, 17-year old senior student at Union High School, who was killed instantly when the car he was driving hit a bridge near Myton on Highway 40 early Sunday morning.Conducting the funeral was Bishop D Blayne Morrill of the Whiterocks ward of which Mr Phillips was a member. He was listed as one of the 100 seniors to be graduated tonight from Union High School.The accident which killed young Mr. Phillips was discovered by Rex Cook of Roosevelt at about 2 :15 a m.Tiooper Leonard Ferguson of the Highway Patrol, who investigated, said no skid marks were visible, which leads to the conclusion that the youth fell asleep at the wheel.He and his date, who lives in Rndgeland,. had attended a (dance at Myton, He had taken his companion to her home and was apparently returning to his home in Bennett when the accident occurredTrooper Ferguson said the car first struck a guard rail on the side of the highway before traveling 71 feel where it struck the concrete abutment of the bridge. Death was instant, the investigator concluded.Burn In RooseveltWilliam (Billy) Russell lips, 17, was born July 13, in Roosevelt, a son of Russell Nathan and Joyce Casper Phillips, He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsSurvivors include his parents, a sister, Dixie; three brothers, Kenneth, Craig and Stephen, all of Bennett, and a brother, Douglas. Montpelier, IdahoBurial was in the Roosevelt city cemetery under the direction of the Olpin Mortuary of Roosevelt .Bennett YouthThe second tragedy claimed the life of William Russell Phillips, 17, of Bennett, who was killed instantly about 2 a~m.r .Sunday when his car hit the Duchesne River Bridge abut-Duchesne County To May 25, 1959 To May 22, 1958 All of 1958uSbody of Mrs. Collings-was taken to her Calif., for funeral services andPhil-1941,ment near the Morrill Service Station at Myton. He was alone in the car.Companion InjuredThe victim of the Thursday fatal crash was identified as Mrs. June B Collingsworth of Santa Fe Springs, California. The passenger in the death car was identified as Walter Ray Wickert. 42, also of Santa Fe Springs He was taken to theRoosevelt LDS Hospital where he was treated for .severe head lacerations, bruises over his entire body and shock. He was released Sunday to return to his home.The wort h home burial.INVESTIGATED AOCIDBNT Trooper Leonard Ferguson of the Utah Highway Patrol, whoinvestigated the accident said. it oecured at -1 10 p.m. about J-_ mile west of the Myton junction just south of Pete's Mar tart He said that after going out of control the eastbound 1YJ56 station wagon traveled 317 feet in the right-hand borrow pit, 111 feet diagonally across,- the highway, jumped 19 feet. Landing on two wheels, skidded? -PL feet, swiveled and skidded 43 additional feet cm the opposite two wheels, then rolled 82 feet.Mrs. Collingsworth was en-route to Arkansas to visit a young daughter, who was living with her father Mr, Wiek-ert, a friend of the family was enroute to Denver
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Roosevelt Uintah Basin Standard
Roosevelt, Utah, US
Thu, May 28, 1959
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