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Show Around The County MAY 30, 2008 Memorial Day Alarm - No Alarm A fire alarm at the Summit County Health Department and PAGE A3 Summit County News Dr. Allen’s Office in Coalville went off on Memorial Day at about 3 p.m. in the afternoon. Brent Ovard was working at the Health Department office and Dr. Allen had come to his office at the same time, and just happened to be there when the alarm was sounded. Ovard called in the alarm, and the North Summit Fire Department responded in record time and checked out the situation, only to find it a false alarm - possibly set off by the fact that the power had gone out a few minutes before. The two men were appreciative of the quick response by the North Summit Fire Department. The community is very lucky to have such men working with the fire department. The North Summit Seminary Building is No More! Becoming Prepared For The Real-Life Accident Scene PHOTO BY TYLER ROWSER SCN Advertising and Volunteer Fireman On Saturday, May 17, the volunteer firefighters from the North Summit Fire District and EMT’s from Summit County EMS prepared for the long summer ahead with a staged van roll over in the foot hills of Coalville. The crash was made to seem as real as possible while staging live people in the car awaiting to be treated and taken to the hospital. This type of training came at a time of the year when crews become very busy with accidents. Some of those being trained had been through this before, and others were experiencing the scenario for the first time. The Summit County training is valuable in case of a real-life accident, and many of these same people were called to the accident on I-80 with a similar situation of a truck and car roll-over in which the victim was pinned in his car under the truck over Memorial Day weekend. Throughout the year similar training sessions are held in which different situations are made to appear as real as possible for emergency technicians to work with. The community is grateful to the volunteer staff and other medical staff for their time spent in behalf of the county! thrown out of it along with other items. It was confirmed that the driver, Chad D. Loftus, age 39, of Pleasant View and from Croyden, Utah, was the only person in the vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Testing later showed that alcohol may have been a factor in the accident. It appeared that the vehicles both did the 180 turn after the Ford Escort went off into the median, overcorrected, and came back into the path of the semi, according Utah Highway Patrol. The family was notified as soon as positive identification was obtained. The crash is under investiga- tion, and traffic was slowed up for quite a while as the accident was being taken care of. The back trailer of the Oklahoma semi broke completely open and items were strewn about from the edge of the shoulder of I-80 and down the incline to the bottom where the train tracks were located. Contents of the first trailer were still intact, but the trailer was broken open, as well. The officers were commenting that a designated driver should be in a vehicle at all times who has complete control if alcohol is to be consumed by those traveling. Condolences are extended to the family of Loftus. Accident… CONTINUED FROM FRONT It will be fall before the new North Summit Seminary building will be completed, and it is planned that it be dedicated before the kids get back to school. On graduation day, the old seminary building was demolished, to make way for the new one - with plans for handicapped accessibility included! The City Creek Construction Company is right on schedule with the work, and in no time there will be a new structure in place of the old! Progress is ongoing, and the love for the old building will be replaced by the new soon! “Office space has been created in the Stake Center downtown Coalville,” stated Dixie Sargent, “…and work will go on schedule!” termine whether or not there were more people in the car, but the driver and only occupant of the truck was taken by Air Med to the University Hospital which landed at the Port of Entry. His injuries were not life-threatening, and he was on his phone when troopers arrived. It took two wreckers from Moore’s Towing to bring the trailer upright and be able to view the car and its occupant. It was only then that officials were able to identify the person in the 2000 Ford Escort. The car had had a stroller Law Enforcement… CONTINUED FROM FRONT 171 Trooper Landon Middaugh stopped two men who were suspicious, and found 6-7 pounds of marijuana - which has a street value of approximately $33,000 - in the trunk. This much is called a “pipeline load” - with intent to distribute. (The other two picked up on Friday were also considered “pipeline” drugs.) They were both arrested and booked into the county jail. Sergeant Loveland stated that the suspects apprehended on Thursday and Friday were headed to and coming from Cheyenne, Wyoming. The normal trend of traffic for drugs is: “traffic to Wyoming drugs in; traffic from Wyoming to Utah - dough ($) out!” Go Classifieds! It Pays! 336-5501 |