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Show icy condi? Ions cejuse Ice along Highway 44 between Vernal and Dutch John has been attributed to be the cause of three accidents with cause of other pending in the last six days, reported Utah Highway Patrol officers. of-ficers. Last Saturday, Dec. 27, at 2:45 p.m. a 1974 Subaru with four occupants left the read s;;uth of the Red. Canyon Junction, traveled"300 feet and finally came to rest after hitting a tree. Pamela Lawson, 20, Vernal was pinn- ed in the car. After about an hour she was extracted and sent to the Uintah County Hospital. She was later transferred to a Salt Lake hospital suffering suf-fering spinal injuries. Other passengers in the car were Dawn Roberts, 20, who suffered superficial injuries which were treated and she was released from the hospital; and Corey James Harris, 25 of Rock Springs, Wyo., who suffered a foot fracture and facial lacerations. He was released the same night. According to Kenneth Jackman, Utah ' Highway Patrol there were no signs of brake marks, and it is still uncertain who was driving the vehicle as the occupants oc-cupants were disoriented at the scene of the accident and that night. "To date no citation has been issued in the accident," Jackman said. Aituuier accident occu.'i m Lfaiuroa morning when a Kenworth tractor with an empty trailer went off the road and into a gulley above Little Brush Creek on Highway 44. Larry Gean Kerr, 31, of Odessa, Texas, Tex-as, driving for Dalgarno of Casper, Wyo., was southbound from Casper, when his truck hit some black ice, lost control and went off the west bank. The tractor remained upright and Kerr suffered suf-fered facial injuries. He was cited with driving too fast for conditions, Trooper Jackman reported. Tuesday of this week, Byron C. Haynes, 23, of Rock Springs, Wyo., was traveling to Vernal when his Datsun sedan hit some ice and lost control near Basset Springs. According to Trooper Jackman, the car flipped onto its top and hit the left bank. Haynes suffered a cut on the hand. Dennis Watts, 29, of Green River, Wyo., a passenger in the car, was unhurt and Branden Haynes, 3-year-old son of the driver, suffered a cut hand. Another accident occurred Monday night also at Basset Springs. The car went into the canyon, but no one was injured in-jured and damages were under $400, Trooper David Jacobsen reported. The Highway Patrol Dispatch office reports that Highway 44 is still icy, and advise drivers to drive carefully especially in shaded areas along the highway. |