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Show .. • ~ • • o • , • , ," • o • I I I ' - ~ MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2001 UNIVERSITY JOURH~L CAMPUS HEWS Warni~g is issued in use of SUU vans BY THOMAS BURR SENIOR STAFF WRITER Three recent crashes of 15passengers vans, including one with SUU students. back a · government warning issued last week that the vehicles commonly used by universities have an increased chance of rolling. One such van with 10 SUU students aboard crashed near Fillmore on April 5 injuring two students. The students, all members of the university band , were driving south on lnterstate-15 when the van , inundated by rain and sleet, hydroplaned, veered into the median and did a 3/4 roll onto the driver's side about three miles south of Fillmore, two hours north of Cedar City. A student was driving the van when the accident occurred. Two female students were treated at Fillmore Community Medical Center with minor injuries and later released. No citations were issued. The accident comes at the heels of a advisory from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that 15-passenger vans, like one in the SUU accident, have an increased rate of rollover accidents. VVhen loaded with 10 or more occupants the accident rate is three times that of other light trucks and vans, the agency warned. The situation is commonly made worse by inexperience drivers, NHTSA spokesman Rae Tyson told the Fort Worth StarTelegram last,week. "Oftentimes, these vehicles are being driven by people who have very little experience driving these types of vehicles, often college students or athletes," Tyson is quoted in a Telegram story. "We're suggesting that's not a good idea." A day after the warning was released , six students from Utah State University were injµred on Interstate-SO in Wyoming when their 15-passenger van rolled. One student from the crash remains in critical condition at an area hospital. A van with Dixie State College students crashed near Casper, Wyo., on March 14 sen.ding all seven aboard to Wyoming Regional Hospital. Eric Young , the director of the forensics team at DSC, who was driving the Ford van when it rolled, said Wednesday the vans are dangerous and other forms of transportation should be used to transport students. "There was no reason why the van should have flipped ovi:?r, • Young said. The vans are unsafe, he said, "there's no doubt about it.· SUU leases 15 of those vans from the state, said Dean O'Driscoll, SUU director of marketing and public ·relations. After being advised of the NHTSA advisory, O'Oriscoll said the university would · certainly read it carefully" and seek best avenue to avoid such accidents. .suu 2001 CLASS RINGS RETIREMENT INSURANCE MUTUAL FUNDS TRUST SERVICES TUITION FINANCING Deferring taxes with TIAA-CREF can be so rewarding, you'll wonder why you didn't do it sooner. 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