Posted: Nov. 28, 2007 10:15 am
Fatalities After USU Van Accident
LOGAN, UTAH--
Seven declared dead at scene and four rushed to local hospitals today after a Utah State University van accident. The 15-passenger van was carrying 10 students and one professor. The USU students were traveling south bound on Interstate 84 back to Logan from a field trip in Tremonton. While the cause is still unknown, the van lost controlled and rolled of the shoulder into the median. First on the scene was Lt. Jason Jensen who was on highway patrol with his partner when a call from dispatch informed them of the accident. " Bodies were scattered across the area and only two people were conscious when we arrived" said Jensen.
Kyle Holden, a former student of USU, was accompanying the group. He had taken the students along with Evan Parker, a professor in the Agriculture Department, to Greenline Implements to examine a combine. Holden was following the van back to Logan when he witnessed the accident. " [It was] one of the worst things that I’d ever seen in my life," said Holden. Holden says that he had his cruise set at 79 mph and was passing the van when he saw black smoke coming from the back side of the van. It was moments later that the van lost all control.
Noel Cockett, Dean of College of Agriculture says that this " will affect many students" and that the university is " in a huge state of mourning."
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