The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-07-04
AUTO TRAGEDY IS
CAUSE OF DEATHS
Wyoming Accident on Sunday
Demolishes Two
Automobiles

A terrible accident happened Sun
day forenoon about ten o'clock on the
road this side of Greybull, when two
cars met in a head-on collision. The
aftermath resulted in the death of two
people and injuring of six others.
The accident happened when cars
driven by Waso Jurkovich of Red
Lodge, and Jordan Kopp, of Brush,
Colorado, both going at high rate
of speed, met with such impact that
the engines were pushed back into
the bodies of the autos. The Colo
RADIO car, a Dodge sedan, was occupied
by Mrs. Bertha NJ Kopp and three
children, Jordan, 20; Maurice, 10; and
Evelyn, 8. Waso Jurkovich, who was
driving his new Studebaker sedan,
was accompanied by Didak Glusaz,
of Butte. Accoding to the stories of
the survivors, a car had just passed
the point where the accident oc-
Cured and had raised dense cloud
of dust. The road is graveled and
one track is worn in the center and
both drivers were in the center of the
road, when they emerged suddenly
from the dust cloud and found they
were doomed to collide.
Mrs. Kopp, the little girl and the
older son were riding in the front seat,
while the younger boy was in the rear
seat, which was well filled with lug
gage, as they were just returning
from California to their home in Colo
rado. With the little boy in the back
seat was a small dog, which was
badly injured and was found later "
ing dead in the sage brush at the
side of the road where it had dragged
itself.
The mother was badly bruised and
crushed and remained unconscious for
two hours, death relieving her from
pain. Her jaw was broken and crush
ed and she was seriously injured in
ternally.
Jordan, who was driving was cut
and bruised, but escaped serious in
jury. The little girl was rendered un-
concious and when she came to she
cried and stated that she would not
ride with her brother again as he was
driving 60 miles an hour. Her throat
was cut almost from ear to-ear, but
the jugular vein was not opened The
younger boy escaped injury of any
nature.
Mr.. Jurkovich was badly cut and
his right leg was broken in two places
above the knee. Mr.. Glusaz was ter
ribly hurt, his worst injury being a
fractured skull. He died Monday !
afternoon at three
Mr.. Jurkovich had been to Their |
mopolis visiting with friends and Mr.. I
Glusaz, who had been taking baths
at that place for the past two weeks,
accompanied him to Gebo Saturday
night, where they stayed at the home
of Steve Myuskovich. The next morn
ing Jurkovich and Glusaz started for
Red Lodge in the Jurkovich car and
Mr.. Myuskovich, accompanied by
Bobby Jurkovich and Mildred Bah
ich followed them in the latters car.
They were about fifteen minutes be-
hind the Jurkovich car at the time
of the accident. When they arrived
several other cars had stopped at the
scene of the tragedy, but no one be-
sides those involved were present at
the time of the collision.
The injured We're taken to hos
pital in Greybull, the accident hap
pening two miles out of town, just
after reaching the top of the hill.
morning Dan Kenjelo took
Mrs. Jurkovich to Greybul in order
hat she might see her husband.