Leona Belle Evans |
| Posted 2020-01-20 by Pat R |
| Wickenburg Sun (Wickenburg, Arizona) Thursday, February 4, 1982, p. 4 Traffic disaster on Yarnell Hill leaves two dead, one injured A one-car accident Friday afternoon mid-way up Yarnell Hill claimed the lives of two Californians, and left the driver of the vehicle, Helen Marie Evans, 64, of Yuma, in stable condition at St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix. The dead were identified as Leona Belle Evans, 84, and William Young Evans, 92, both of Hemet, California. The three were proceeding northbound on U.S. 89 when the car they were driving veered off the roadway and landed in a 12 foot deep culvert. Passersby on the higher, southbound U.S. 89 saw the car in the culvert and notified law enforcement officers. Both passengers were dead when officers arrived. The driver, however, was alive but was pinned inside the vehicle. The Wickenburg Fire Department Scat Truck was requested to bring the "Jaws of Life," a device used frequently in accidents to free the passengers from the wreckage. The officers, along with Fire Chief Bucky Walters, Fireman Russell Willis and EMT Ruben Madrid worked in a light snow storm to free the driver. They were successful in freeing Mrs. Evans, who was then transported to Wickenburg Hospital and later helicoptered to St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix. [transcribers note: accompanying the article are four large photos of the accident and rescue] See Also: Find A Grave |
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