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UHP: One dead, one critical after I-215 crashes

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:11:18 MDT

UHP: One dead, one critical after I-215 crashes

By Bob Mims The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 21, 2013 11:11PM MDT

The Utah Highway Patrol was trying Tuesday to figure out why a car drove into oncoming traffic on a southern Davis County stretch of Interstate 215, triggering a head-on crash that killed one man and left another critically injured. Berton L. Stephens, 54, of Bountiful, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 5:22 p.m. Monday accident that culminated on the westbound on-ramp from Redwood Road to I-215, said UHP Cpl. Todd Johnson. Johnson said Stephens was driving a 2004 Honda Accord northbound...

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Police: At least 3 injured in Utah County car crashes

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:44:03 MDT

Police: At least 3 injured in Utah County car crashes

By Jennifer Dobner The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 18, 2013 10:44PM MDT

The Utah County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday was investigating a multiple-car accident near Saratoga Springs that sent at least three people to area hospitals. Three medical helicopters were sent to the scene on State Road 73 near its intersection with Redwood Road, Utah County dispatchers said. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the accident and dispatchers said at least one car had rolled. The medical conditions of those injured in the accident were also unknown. Additional information a...

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Aaron Falk: Davis pole vaulter battles back after shooting

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:42:09 MDT

Aaron Falk: Davis pole vaulter battles back after shooting

By Aaron Falk The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 18, 2013 11:42PM MDT

Provo He had failed to clear the bar twice already, so Andrew Spilker only had one more attempt to extend his high school track career. He was frustrated with himself. He had cleared the height before, even if his form, they way he launched himself with both legs, looked different than the other pole vaulters. There was, of course, a reason for that. Flaming Gorge. Sept. 26, 2009, six days after Spilker turned 15. Spilker was with his father and two brothers, hunting in remote country when the...

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Connecticut commuter trains collide; 60 go to hospitals

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:56:57 MDT

Connecticut commuter trains collide; 60 go to hospitals

The Associated Press

Updated May 18, 2013 10:56AM MDT

Fairfield, Conn. • Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday’s evening rush hour, sending 60 people to the hospital, including five with critical injuries, Gov. Dannel Malloy said. About 250 people were on board the Metro-North trains when one heading east from New York City’s Grand Central Station to New Haven derailed about 6:10 p.m. just outside Bridgeport, MTA and Bridgeport officials said. The train was hit by a train heading west from New Haven to Gran...

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1 sailor dead, others injured in Fort Knox training accident

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:42:02 MDT

1 sailor dead, others injured in Fort Knox training accident

By BRETT BARROUQUERE The Associated Press

Updated May 17, 2013 10:42AM MDT

LOUISVILLE, Ky. • Officials say one U.S. Navy sailor was killed and several others were hurt in a training exercise at Fort Knox in Kentucky. Lt. David Lloyd, a spokesman for Naval Special Warfare Group Two in Virginia Beach, Va., said Friday morning that the accident happened Wednesday night. The six sailors assigned to the group were riding in a Humvee when the accident happened, though Lloyd says exactly what happened remained under investigation. Lloyd says the exercise was part of tactical ...

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South Jordan man crushed by rolling van

Mon, 13 May 2013 23:25:42 MDT

South Jordan man crushed by rolling van

By Jim Dalrymple II The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 13, 2013 11:25PM MDT

A South Jordan man had to be flown to a hospital Monday after a van rolled over the lower half of his body. The 23-year-old man was working on a Ford service van when it unexpectedly rolled forward, crushing his pelvic region and lower abdomen, according South Jordan Fire Battalion Chief Reed Thompson. Crews responded to the accident about 4:30 p.m. and the man was flown via helicopter to University Hospital. The accident happened at garage behind a home at 2180 W. 11400 South, Thompson said. T...

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Child dies in Tooele County ATV accident

Mon, 13 May 2013 10:47:29 MDT

Child dies in Tooele County ATV accident

Updated May 13, 2013 10:47AM MDT

An all-terrain vehicle accident killed a 7-year-old girl Sunday in Tooele County. The girl’s name was not disclosed Sunday. Tooele County spokesman Wade Matthews said the accident happened about 4:14 p.m. It occurred about 5 miles up Middle Canyon. The girl was a passenger on the vehicle when it struck a tree. Matthews did not have information about the identity or condition of the vehicle’s driver or how the accident occurred. He added that the accident happened in an area of low cellphone c...

Callous vote

Sat, 11 May 2013 01:01:05 MDT

Callous vote

Updated May 11, 2013 01:01AM MDT

There is no grief like the loss of a child, whether from a natural cause, illness, accident or violence. A parent’s world is turned upside down: This is not the way the universe is supposed to be. So when families from Sandy Hook Elementary took it upon themselves to travel to Washington, D.C., to meet with members of Congress in an effort to get federal gun control legislation there were many eloquent and heartfelt moments. One poignant moment was the address by Francine Wheeler, whose 6-year-...

3 relieved of command in Marine training accident in Nevada

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:31:08 MDT

3 relieved of command in Marine training accident in Nevada

The Associated Press

Updated May 9, 2013 09:31AM MDT

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. • Three Marine Corps officers at North Carolina’s Camp Lejeune have been relieved of their command nearly two months after a training accident that killed seven Marines in Nevada. A battalion commander, a company commander and an infantry weapons officer have been relieved after a mortar tube exploded during a field exercise March 18 at Hawthorne Army Depot, the Marines said Wednesday. Seven Marines and a sailor also were wounded. The officers relieved were Lt. Col. Andrew McN...