Show Slick Roads Increase Vehicle Accidents Vehicle accidents involving property damages in excess of were reported report report- ed cd as follows during the week by law enforcement officers SATURDAY DEC 9 0 1210 p pm p.m. m. m 10 miles we west t on US U.S. 40 Edwin Louis Thweatt 47 driving a D D. D E E. E Casada vehicle vehicle ve ve- hicle pulled onto US U.S. 40 eastbound and anda a truck trailer unit driver by Johnie Leslie Leslie Leslie Les Les- lie Leigh 32 Roosevelt also eastbound attempted to pass the Thweatt vehicle and was partially in the westbound lane when the third vehicle driven by David Clive Caldwell 23 23 Lakeside California approached westbound The Caldwell vehicle ve ye hicle hide applied its brakes and skidded into the left rear dual tires of the tho Leigh unit and then skidded into a bank on the north side of the highway reported reported re reo re- re ported Trooper David R R. R Jacobsen The only damages reported were to the Caldwell vehicle listed at THURSDAY DEC 7 7 pm p.m. East and Main 1 Street Sandra Chatelain Peterson 23 was at an intersection eastbound in the process of making a left turn when vehicle driven by Dorothy Dugan 16 stopped for the Peterson vehicle vehicle ve ve- hicle and another vehicle driven by Joy Handley 50 came along and hit the Dugan vehicle in the rear forcing it into the rear of the Peterson vehicle reported Lt Milburn Junior Hatch Joy A A. Handley was cited cite for following too loo close Damages were listed at to the Dugan to the tho Handley and 70 to the Peterson vehicles vehicle THURSDAY DEC 7 pm p.m. 48 miles north of Vernal on SR sn 44 Steven Lynn Luck 33 was driving a US U.S. So So- wards tractor trailer unit north on SR sn 44 and went out of control down a grade and around a curve running off and overturning on the right side of the highway reported Trooper Dennis Charlesworth The road was snowy and slippery Luck was cited for failure to control vehicle and damages were listed at THURSDAY DEC 7 pm p.m. 10 miles north of Vernal on SR 44 at Brush Creek Jody David Combs 28 was northbound driving a W. W S S. S Hatch hatchCo Co tractor unit and lost control when trailer knifed jack-knifed and ran off the left side of the highway hitting the hillside hill hill- side reported Trooper Ronald Wilson The road was Damages Damages Dam ages were reported at 1800 THURSDAY DEC 7 pm p.m. East and 2nd South Stanley Howard Sharp 29 driving a Technical Oil Corp sedan stopped slopped for a non contact vehicle making a left turn off East Street and Robert Tebbs Whalen 21 also southbound south bouth southbound bound driving a truck was unable to stop slop In time to avoid hitting the Sharp vehicle in the rear because of snow packed icy road conditions conditions conditions condi condi- reported Trooper Ronald Wilson Wilson Wil son Damages were listed at to the Sharp vehicle and to the Whalen FRIDAY DEC 8 8 1145 am a.m. 70 West and Main I Jean Douthard Davis 43 eastbound stopped to let a vehicle leave from parked position and was hit in inthe inthe inthe the rear by vehicle driven by Luther Charles Teal 36 30 who was unable to stop because of ic icy conditions reported C C. C A A. Banks D Damages mages were listed at to the Teal vehicle and to the Davis vehicle ve ve- hicle WEDNESDAY DEC 6 0 pm p.m. 25 miles north of Vernal on a county road in Maeser Earl F. F Gross 36 was southbound and started to turn onto road as Kerry Keny Lee Jackson 21 was coming south and could not avoid collision hittIng hitting hitt hitt- ing the Gross vehicle on the left side reported Keith R R. R Hooper Gross was cited for failure to yield right of way Damages were listed at to the Jackson vehicle and to the Gross vehicle MONDAY DEC 4 pm p.m. one mile west of Vernal on Maeser highway highway high high- way Vern Ford Batty 48 was eastbound east east- bound and lost control on snow packed slick road crossed into westbound lane of traffic hitting vehicle driven by Walter Walt er David Johnson 25 nearly head on westbound reported Trooper Ronald Wilson Visibility was poor as heavy snow was falling and neither had time timeto to brake before impact reported Trooper Troop er Wilson Damages were listed at to the Batty vehicle and to the Johnson vehicle MONDAY DEC 4 pm p.m. 2011 West and Main Waller Walter Jan Burfitt 20 26 Was wab westbound on Main Street and could not stop in ht time to avoid collision with vehicle driven by Kathleen Kathlen Barker 38 due to slippery road conditions reported report report- ed Lowell Gray Damages were listed at to the Barker vehicle and to the Burfitt vehicle |