Unknown Cause Flips Van and Kills 8
On September 5 around 4:00 pm a Utah State University van full of 10 students and 1 instructor, Evan Parker, rolled multiple times killing all but 3 survivors. The van was full of all male students from the Department of Agriculture and was attending an annul field trip for Ag Week out past Tremonton. Parker was pronounced dead on the scene.
It was on the way back from Tremonton when the van suddenly lost control and rolled off southbound and on to the west side of Interstate 84. Lt. Jason Jensen with highway patrol was the first on the scene. He was patrolling the highway that day and was only about a half mile behind the van.
“The van rolled 3 or 4 times sideways,” says Jensen, “it was completely demolished… all persons were ejected from the vehicle. Not able to tell who was driving at this time and if alcohol was in use.”
Jensen states “that under preliminary investigation there was no use of seatbelts and the van was traveling around 95 miles per hour.”
“Medical help arrived with in 5 minuets of the accident.” says Jensen. The help of two Life Flight helicopters were used to transport two of the survivors, one of which was pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital. The remainder of the travelers were taken to Ogden Regional Hospital and their condition is still unknown.
Kyle Holden, a former student of Parker, was caravanning with the group in a separate car. Holden had taken the group out past Greenline for the field trip.
Holden says that he had been following behind the van most of the trip on the way back to Greenline and it was when he decided to pass the van that something went wrong.
“I was passing the van when I saw black smoke in the back area [of the van]. It looked like a tire exploded- it just disappeared,” said Holden.
Holden also made the statement that his car was on cruise going at 80 to 81 miles per hour and that as he passed the van he saw Parker driving.
President Stan Albrecht of Utah State University says that this is a “great tragedy for the university.”
Names of the students will have not yet been released. Albrecht says that there is work right now in contacting all the families and that he wants all names to be released at the same time.
The van was an official Utah State University vehicle and the cause for the accident is still unknown. “There is a detailed inspection on all USU vehicles every two years,” says Albrecht. The regularly scheduled activities for Ag Week will be altered and memorial services will be occurring at a later date says Albrecht.
On September 5 around 4:00 pm a Utah State University van full of 10 students and 1 instructor, Evan Parker, rolled multiple times killing all but 3 survivors. The van was full of all male students from the Department of Agriculture and was attending an annul field trip for Ag Week out past Tremonton. Parker was pronounced dead on the scene.
It was on the way back from Tremonton when the van suddenly lost control and rolled off southbound and on to the west side of Interstate 84. Lt. Jason Jensen with highway patrol was the first on the scene. He was patrolling the highway that day and was only about a half mile behind the van.
“The van rolled 3 or 4 times sideways,” says Jensen, “it was completely demolished… all persons were ejected from the vehicle. Not able to tell who was driving at this time and if alcohol was in use.”
Jensen states “that under preliminary investigation there was no use of seatbelts and the van was traveling around 95 miles per hour.”
“Medical help arrived with in 5 minuets of the accident.” says Jensen. The help of two Life Flight helicopters were used to transport two of the survivors, one of which was pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital. The remainder of the travelers were taken to Ogden Regional Hospital and their condition is still unknown.
Kyle Holden, a former student of Parker, was caravanning with the group in a separate car. Holden had taken the group out past Greenline for the field trip.
Holden says that he had been following behind the van most of the trip on the way back to Greenline and it was when he decided to pass the van that something went wrong.
“I was passing the van when I saw black smoke in the back area [of the van]. It looked like a tire exploded- it just disappeared,” said Holden.
Holden also made the statement that his car was on cruise going at 80 to 81 miles per hour and that as he passed the van he saw Parker driving.
President Stan Albrecht of Utah State University says that this is a “great tragedy for the university.”
Names of the students will have not yet been released. Albrecht says that there is work right now in contacting all the families and that he wants all names to be released at the same time.
The van was an official Utah State University vehicle and the cause for the accident is still unknown. “There is a detailed inspection on all USU vehicles every two years,” says Albrecht. The regularly scheduled activities for Ag Week will be altered and memorial services will be occurring at a later date says Albrecht.
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Nice job! Its interesting how we all pick up on different points in the conference. Very well written!
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