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Data drives UHP’s Memorial Day crackdown

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:07:16 MDT

Data drives UHP’s Memorial Day crackdown

By Michael McFall The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 23, 2013 11:07PM MDT

Utah Highway Patrol hopes to make this Memorial Day weekend one for their history books. No one died in a highway crash last Memorial Day weekend — the first time that had happened in more than 15 years — and if no one does this time, that would be “almost unheard of ” for UHP, said Cpl. Todd Johnson. To better ensure that happens, UHP is using data for the first time to strategize their patrol. “[We’ve been]looking at the data over the major holidays throughout the year, tracking where we have...

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Huffing teen crashes car into Utah house

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:36:56 MDT

Huffing teen crashes car into Utah house

By Kimball Bennion The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 17, 2013 10:36PM MDT

A 17-year-old driver and two passengers who allegedly were huffing an aerosol can crashed into a Riverton house Friday afternoon after the driver lost consciousness. Unified Police Detective Levi Hughes said the three 17-year-old boys were headed south on Redwood Road in a Ford Contour when the driver passed out while huffing a can of air duster, commonly used to clean office supplies. Hughes said all three were inhaling the chemicals at the time of the crash. The driver veered to the east at th...