University Van Rolls Fatally on I-84
Posted: 4:45p.m. MST, April 18, 2007
LOGAN, Utah- A van carrying one professor and 10 students form Utah State University rolled off of Interstate-84 Wednesday afternoon killing at least seven people. At approximately 4 p.m. the automobile, which was part of a two-vehicle caravan, blew a tire-causing driver Evan Parker to loose control. There are six confirmed dead and all of the names are not yet known. All of the students were members of the Agriculture College at the university. Parker is a professor of agriculture at Utah State and was taking the students home from a field trip to a Tremonton implements store.
First on the scene was Kyle Holden who was the second driver of the caravan. Holden stated that he was passing the van at the time the tire blew. He reported seeing the van roll as it hit the shoulder of the highway. When asked how many times the van flipped Holden responded, “I wasn’t really watching the van I was watching the people fly out of the van.” According to Lt. Ed Michaud no one appeared to be wearing his or her seatbelt at the time of the crash. Upon arriving to the scene of the accident Michaud found all of the victims had been ejected from the van. “Bodies were all over the place,” Micaud said, “It’s the worst I’ve seen in my 15 year career.” He and his partner, trooper, Jason Jensen, were administering assistance until the paramedics arrived.
Medical personnel were on the scene within ten minutes and four victims were flown to local hospitals in Ogden and Brigham City. The rest of those in the van were declared dead at the scene. Another eyewitness, Jennie Smith, reacted to the accident by saying “It was just really strange seeing bodies fly into the air.”
Reports vary about the speed the van as traveling at the time of the accident and officials say that the investigation will take some time. President of Utah State University, Stan Albrecht, said that the university would treat this tragedy with the utmost care. Updated information will be distributed as it becomes available.
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