About 6:00 AM on the morning of July 1, 1974 Lindsay was on his way to work at the Church Welfare Farm near Elberta, Utah when he went to sleep at the wheel and rolled our '67 VW.
Although it came to rest on the wheels, it was totalled. It occured at a turn near a R.Rd crossing about 2 miles East of the small town of Goshen. Fortunately a woman came by shortly after the crash. She saw no one as she passed but happened to look in her rear view mirror and saw him standing up. She returned and at this point I will need to firm up some details. Either she took him to the Payson Hospital or called an ambulance to come and get him. In either case Mom and I went to the hospital and observed the doctors as they dug the gravel out of his body and gave him further treatment. He had a skull fracture and broken jaw which they wired shut. For several weeks he lived on juices or malts which resulted in dental cavities. Had Mom and I been aware of Water Piks I'm sure we could have spared him the cavities. Sorry Lindsay.
I took the picture of the VW at a Santaquin wrecking yard where it had been taken. Ron Dennis, a Mechanic in our Ward gave me a couple of hundred $$ as I recall for the engine.
P. S. If anyone who reads this has corrections or additions to add let me know.
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