Uintah Basin Standard | 1959-01-15 | Page 1 | 257 Accidents Reported in Uintah Basin Area

accidents reported In Uintah Basin Area A total of accidents were investigated in Highway Patrol District I during 1958 by Highway Patrol These included three fatal accidents in Uintah County and two in Duchesne Highway Patrol District I includes Duchesne and Daggett Officers assigned to District I are Sam D Howard D. Trooper Roy M. and Patrolman Ronald Trooper Leonard Roosevelt and Trooper Keith There were citations for moving violations issued and for non-moving violations 87 arrests for drunken Eighty-nine warrants and pickup orders were served and several emergency blood runs made to the local Highway Patrol officers assisted the other police agencies in the district with many other criminal investigations and searches for lost A total of miles driven by District Highway Patrol officers with hours of overtime utilized on off-duty calls accident The Highway Patrol maintains its district headquarters at Vernal along with Highway Patrol Radio Station which provides state-wide radio service for all police officers and Fish and Game Department officers in the area Dispatchers for the station are Douglas R. Hugh Caldwell and Aaron all of