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C. P. American
•`-`j `~' `~?ttklxtg• the[r meeting, ~SOnday
n~a :•~~~:~~,t .~::.U.,
Mond'a evening, the Count•tl investi-
h.::
gatad::trie re~part. a¢cldent between tha
Cif~.s'dtiinti trnvk and the tl.~t.C.-fire
trtr'sk;`
to Quesfioning.af the tiwo da-R~e[•s and•
~ witties$eH• to the accident lirougltt uuf
the:following tnformatlon pertatning
-~ tg_~h~_di'iver~_act_lons Immedkttely
[~,, precegciLrig .the crash.
;oscari Minnick, driver of the dump,
trticl{, wag bringing x load o[ granite t
to _t•owm and had seen the fire truck
backing into the fire hail, while he
ist: `W&8 it block and a half a~t•ay. tie had I
•AS'tsujt7ied that the fh•e was taken care
a of•and that it was perfectly safe to'
continue through town, but a-hen he.
at• had atlmosY reached the fire hall he
heard the truck siren start anal the
er truck.came out. By then it was im-
nofislble tv stoP the loaded truck 1[4 i
time to avoid the accident.
as,
•~ Dule~ Bartley, w'iio Zvas clclving the
ay
fire trucl{, had retunied to the fire i
_ hall after being unable to locate the
g fire. Just as he stut~ped Lhe truck he
nd was o[•dered nut again and ~cas iu[v
the street before he yaw the dump
t rU Ci{. ~
ny' Damage to the dumiz Oruck was
slight and the fire tt•uci{ wa[e repaired 1
u[„~ and ,b~.ek ln'service the next day.
it waa the unanimous trpinion of ~
. 'the evum'cil that neither driver could'
be held rsspont~Pble under the ctr-
he cumgtanees ~tnYl • a motion to that
I effect was made and passrtl.
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