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Earl Dyer

Posted 2008-11-15 by Sharon
The Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ
November 8, 1961, p. 1

Arkansas Man Is Killed When Hit By Passing Truck

Earl Dyer, 47, of Mineral Springs, Ark., was instantly killed in a two-truck accident at 12:30 p. m. Monday on Highway 60-70 19 miles west of Wickenburg.

At the inquest held before Coroner R. L. Westall Tuesday afternoon, a jury of six men found that Dyer’s death “was caused by the impact of truck No. 1 driven by John W. Hamling striking the deceased as it grazed the side of the deceased’s vehicle.”

On the jury were M. I. Root, Bob Roller, Ted DeVries, Ben Lukl, Harold P. Sullivan and Louis Ramirez. Frank Stanlis appeared for the county and Chester J. Peterson of Phoenix appeared as attorney for Hamling.

Following the inquest, Hamling, 19-year-old Huntington Park, Calif., truck driver, entered pleas of not guilty before Judge Westall to charges of failure to control his vehicle and failure to have a log book. Judge Westall set bond at $200, which was paid by his employer, and set Hamling’s hearing for 1 p. m. October 18.

Highway patrolman Robert Tshudy related events concerning the accident as follows.

Dyer, 47, his son Joe, 20 both of Mineral Springs, Ark., and a friend, David Walker, 16, of San Diego, Calif., were going west in a large truck-trailer filled with dressed chickens. At a point 19 miles west of Wickenburg, Dyer, who was driving, stopped the truck on the highway to be relieved as driver by his son. After he got out of the truck cab, Dyer walked along the highway side of the truck to the trailer to check the refrigeration system.

At that time John W. Hamling, 19, of Huntington Park, Calif., and also headed west, passed the Dyer truck so closely that the two trucks touched and Dyer was hit and thrown under the truck. He was instantly killed.

Patrolman Tshudy cited Hamling for failure to control his vehicle and also for failure to have a log book




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