Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1920-07-30
SAD ACCIDENT
AT KEUTERvILLE
BABY BOY is RUN OVER BY
LARGE TRUCK-DIED
THIS MORNING.

A sad and fatal accident oc-
cured at keuterville yesterday
evening about six o'clock when
Lawrence Leonard Uhling the
two and one-half year old son of
LOrentz Uhling, a merchant at
Keuterville was run over by the
big 3Ia ton truck owned by the
Hussman Lumber Co. and driven
by Mike Kedzierski. The store
building of Mr.. Uhlimg, the back
rooms of which are occupied as
residence by the family faces
squarely the street in front of it.
A sidewalk or porch extends
along the east side of the build
ing from which a cross walk ex-
tends across the street and it
seems this boy and a brother
several years older who was in
the lead tried to cross the street
ahead of the truck. Apparently
they did not notice the truck
which was heavily loaded and
coming from the west at a speed
of about seven miles an hour un-
til attracted by the alarm of the
driver, which however did not
deter them from trying to cross
ahead of the truck. The older
boy succeeded and waved for his
little brother to stay back but he
paid no attention to this and al
though the driver swung the
truck away from him as much
as he could he hit the boy in the
back with the front wheel, the
wheel then passing over one leg
and arm. When the truck was
brought to a stop the boy was ly-
ing almost midway between the
wheels and if it had travelled a
little farther the rear wheel
would have passed directly over
the boys head. The boy was
Immediately brought to Cotton
wood where DR.. Blake and Orr
did what they could to relieve
his suffering and dressed the
wounds. They did not amput-
ate either leg or arm as there ap-
peared a remote possibility to
save both and also to await fur
ther developments to see wheth-
er he could survive the shock.
1t was soon apparent however
that the boy could not live and
he passed away early this morn
ing. The sympathy of the en-
tire community goes out to the be-
reaved parents and to Mr.. Ked
zierski who feels. the loss and ac-
cident very deeply. Mike has the
reputation of being a careful
driver and in the three years
that he has had charge of the
truck he has never had an acci-
dent of any kind and apparently
in this case no blame of any kind
can be attached to him. He says
the children were running a full
run when they emerged past the
building which was the first he
could see of them and that he
Immediately applied both brakes
as firmly as he could and
brought the truck to stop with
in a remarkably short distance
but having but one hand free
and there being two of them and
they some distance apart he
hardly knew which way to turn
but that as soon as he saw the
older boy was goin" to outrun
the truck he turned it directly
towards him and away from the
smaller lad but he coud not turn
out far enough nor stop the
truck in time. 1t seems the ac-
cident was one of those kind that
will happen now and then in
spite of vigilence of drivers or
parents.
Funeral services were held at
2:30 this afternoon from the
Catholic church at Keuterville,
the Rev. FIR. Martin officiating.
Burial took place in the Reuter-
vile cemetery. The little fel-
low is survived by his father,
mother and four brothers.
The Chronicle joins in extend
ip0 condolenca to all concaI.nad