Mendocino County Obituaries

LLOYD MORAN

Submitted by: April Hennes

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Dispatch Democrat, 05-01-1935, Pg 1

Lloyd Moran Killed Saturday Afternoon, Youth Meets Death in Accident 
When Truck Plunges into Canyon Near Dos Rios

Lloyd Moran, the 15-year-old grandson of Will Fales, received mortal 
injuries when the truck in which he was riding went over the grade and 
fell 100 feet to the bottom of a deep canyon last Saturday afternoon.
The accident took place about three miles west of Dos Rios. The 
deceased was riding with his uncle, George Fales and the latter's young 
son. The truck stalled and after cranking it several times it made a terrific 
plunge into the canyon below. George Fales and his son Jumped 
immediately and were not injured. The Moran boy was rushed to the
Howard memorial hospital, Willits, where an examination showed that he 
had received several injuries, any one of which could have caused his 
death. He had a fractured skull, broken neck, fractured vertebra, crushed 
chest, ten broken ribs, and other injuries too numerous to mention. He 
died a few hours later from an internal hemorrhage. Deputy Coroner Lou 
Anker held a coroner's investigation and it was decided that it was an 
unavoidable accident with no one to blame. The funeral services were 
held at Cleland's funeral home Tuesday afternoon, Rev. Elbert Holland 
officiating, and the remains were laid away in the family plot in the Ukiah 
cemetery.