Charles Calvin Johnson

1925 - 1948  (22 years)

• Name	Charles Calvin Johnson  [1]
  Born	11 Nov 1925	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Feb 1948	Tooele, Utah
  	Auto Hurls 5 Salt Lakers to Death Car Hits Edge Of Highway, Rolls 197 Feet By ROBERT J. WILLIAMS DELLE, Tooele County, Feb. 29?Five persons were killed and a sixth injured critically here Sunday at 9:45 a.m. in the worst single automobile tragedy in Utah traffic history. The accident occurred when a 1940 model convertible coupe failed to negotiate a curve, turned over in midair, crashed on its top and bounced to a stop. The crash was on highway 40-50 approximately 27 miles west of Grantsville. Dead, all of Salt Lake City, were identified as: Charles Calvin Johnson, 22, 413 Van Ness pl. Wayne Buckert, about 32, 440 E. 3rd South. Hope Morrison, 17, 28 E., 17th South. Harvey Raymond Boisjolie, 23, 751 W. 21st South. Ramona Hackwell, 18; 660 S. Redwood rd. Injured was Julia Galyon, 17, 32 W. 7th South. She was in "critical" condition at Tooele general hospital suffering from head and chest injuries. En Route to S. L. According to highway patrol reports the automobile was traveling east when it left the right shoulder of the road, rolled over several times and came to a stop 197 feet from where it left the highway. The car was demolished. A witness to the tragedy, Riley T. Kelly, bus driver for Pacific Greyhound Lines, said the passengers were thrown out the torn top of the car as it was turning in midair just after it struck the ground the first time. Mangled bodies of the vims were scattered over a 35-foot radius. L. C. Crowther, Salt Lake police chief, who was en route to Salt Lake City, was one of the first persons to reach the scene. He said four victims apparently were killed instantly. He assisted in giving first aid to the injured woman. Auto Driver Unknown A registration certificate on the steering wheel listed the vehicle as belonging to Charles Johnson. There was no indication as to who was driving the car. Tooele county Sheriff C. A. Hymas, Deputy Fay Gillette and Trooper Roy Hansen, highway patrol, investigated. The injured girl was taken to the hospital by Tate-Gillette ambulance. Officers reported the three couples had been to Wendover and were returning to Salt Lake City. Mr. Kelly saw the car for the first time about 15 miles east of Wendover and noticed it on the road several times. He stopped the bus at Delle foregular stop a few seconds before the mishap, he said. To Query Survivor Trooper Hansen said he would question Miss Galyan as soon as she is able to talk to determine more details of the accident, particularly who was driving the car. Traffic records showed this was the worst accident in Utah history involving only one automobile. Worse mishaps have occurred involving two or more cars, trains, automobiles and buses. The Salt Lake Tribune, Monday Morning, March 1, 1948 ___________________________________________________________
  Person ID	I1606	Grow
  Last Modified	24 Apr 2012

  
  

  Father	Charles Draper Johnson,   b. 14 Sep 1898, Junction, Piute, Utah ,   d. 30 May 1979, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Luella Miller,   b. 24 Mar 1897, Hunter, Salt Lake, Utah ,   d. May 1996, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah  (Age 99 years)
  Married	18 Feb 1925
  Family ID	F585	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Naoma Gledhill
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2012
  Family ID	F3008	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 11 Nov 1925 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Died - 29 Feb 1948 - Tooele, Utah  = Link to Google Earth
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  KOREA ? Served as a Private First class in the US Army ? While stationed in Korea he received knife wounds during the invasion of Leyte, P.I. When he returned home, while still in service, he was killed on 29 February 1948 near Delle, Tooele in the worst single automobile tragedy in Utah traffic history. (Tribune 3/1/48).

  
  

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  [S78] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah; Roll: 2418; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 2; Image: 1182.0. Birth date: abt 1925 Birth place: Residence date: 1930 Residence place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah