EVANS, James

Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona August 8, 1952 Death Return 3-Fold Early in the morning of July 31, a westbound automobile, obviously out of control, crossed the highway six miles east of Quartzite on Highway 60-70 and headed for a merchandise truck coming from the west. The truck driver, in a desperate attempt to avoid a crash, swung his truck to the north of the line, but hat effort was in vain. The passenger car collided with the right front end of the truck with such forced that all three occupants, a young man and two children, were killed instantly. The truck turned over and slithered to a stop cross-ways of the highway, the driver climbed out unhurt. After the demolished car and the mangled bodies were removed, highway patrolmen observed that the truck had come to rest against a highway guard post to which was attached one of the white crosses marking the scene of a previous fatality. Lt. William Sorrels of the patrol took the photograph above. Patrolman W. O. Dollar who covers the Quartzsite area, is shown pointing to the cross. Victims of the crash were the car driver, James Evans, 24, of Indio, Calif.; Danny Bassett, 14, of Buckeye and Virginia Ann Scott, 5, of Buckeye. The three bodies were brought to the Wickenburg Mortuary and last Saturday afternoon the man and little girl were buried in the Wickenburg Cemetery, following services at the Wickenburg Chapel with member s of the Latter Day Saints Church in charge. The remains of the little boy were taken to Phoenix for services and burial. Soon the Highway Patrol will erect three more white crosses along the highway at the scene. Two rapidly, indeed, are our highway taking on a depressing resemblance to “the crosses row on row,” of Flanders Fields of World War I, immortalized by the gallant English army officer-poet, John McCrae.