Show Vehicle accidents The following vehicle accidents accidents accidents ac ac- ac- ac involving property damages in excess of were reported by law enforcement officers during the past week SATURDAY July 6 five miles jmiles west of Vernal on U. U am a.m. WilliamB Clark 18 was eastbound and ran off the roadway to the left hitting some small trees and rocks as ashe ashe ashe he reportedly fell asleep at the weel reported Trooper Ronald Wilson Clark was cited for failure to maintain control of vehicle Damages were listed at FRIDAY July 5 at the Jensen bridge on U U. S. S 40 1140 pm p.m. Glen Raymond Younger 28 Grand Junction Colorado had passed a log in the roadway on the Jensen bridge and turned around westbound to return and andreport andreport andreport report the hazard when a Weiss Trucking Inc tractor-tanker tractor unit came eastbound over the bridge and hit the log causing the unit to go out of control and cross over into the oncoming lane of traffic crashing into the Younger vehicle knocking it back 93 feet from impact reported Trooper Ronald Wilson Younger and his year old daughter Louise who was riding in the vehicle both received serious injuries and were taken to the Uintah County Hospital Damages to the vehicles were listed at 1700 to the Younger vehicle and 1200 to the Weiss Trucking unit Later an arrest was made on another unit for failure to secure load according to the accident report WEDNESDAY July 3 six miles east of Vernal on U. U S S. S 40 pm p.m. Leslie E E. E Ashby 23 Indianapolis Indiana was eastbound and the occupant in the right front seat Jennifer Ashby 17 went out of the vehicle and was killed reported Trooper Dennis Charlesworth The vehicle was reported going 50 miles an hour and the husband said they had been arguing and his wife jumped from the vehicle Leslie Ashby was cited for driving while intoxicated A year one-year-old daughter Denina Denim was also inside the vehicle according to the report |