Theater Five - Incident at Shadow Valley

Pop is working behind the counter at his Last Chance Diner near Shadow Valley. He says to Jocko, one of his regular customers "Hope you ain't too fussy, Jocko. Them hash browns got a little burnt tonight. I got a lot on my mind. Ralphie, you know my little grandson, he's been feeling poorly all day. Nelly, my daughter, has been attending to him. Also, the Road Trail people are pulling bus stop from me. They say I got to have two toilets. I ain't finished paying for the first one. Well, here's your coffee. Alright, tomorrow night I'll do better Jocko, give you a real good feed. That'll be 85 cents". Nelly comes in to the diner and says "Good evening, Jocko. Pop, I got to talk to you". Pop asks "Is it Ralphie?: Nelly says "Oh Pop, I don't think he'll make it, not even through the night. If only he wouldn't talk about dying. I can't stand to hear him talking about dying. Maybe the doc can do something". Pop says " I know. Well, go call the doc, Nelly". She says "You don't mind, I mean about the bill". Pop says "When it comes to debt, a couple more pebbles don't make the mountain look any bigger. Take a dime from the cash register".  Nelly goes to the payphone and says "Hi Clara, this is Nelly at the Last Chance Diner. Can you get me Doc Landers? No, Ralphie is not good at all tonight. Oh well, I'll call back in a little while".  Nelly hangs up and says "Doc Landers ain't in, Pop. Here's the dime, I'm going back to the shack". A police siren is now heard on the highway. Pop asks "What's all that?" Nelly says "It's Doug McLeod. Looks like he's stopping here, Pop. Look I'll be with Ralphie". Doug stops in front of the diner and comes inside. Pop says "Hi Doug". Doug says "Evening, Pop. Pop asks "Why all the siren, Sergeant? Doug says "Accident, twenty miles east. A truck coming this way forced a passenger car off the road". Pop says "Darn shame, anybody hurt?" Doug says "Driver killed, the rest are shook up. It was a big black truck with a sign that said Universal Road Freight". Pop says "Universal Road Freight?"  Doug asks "Did it stop here?" Pop says "No sir. Universal Road Freight. I've never heard of it".