Roosevelt Standard | 1956-01-12 | Page 10 | Eight Violent Deaths in County during '55

Eight Violent Deaths In County During '55 Peace officers in Duchesne County have reported eight violent vio-lent deaths in this county during the past year. Sheriff Lorin Stevenson Stev-enson said he had investigated two suicides, three drownings in Moon Lake, and one death by freezing. Two highway fatalities were reported re-ported by Howard Powell of Duchesne, Du-chesne, Utah Highway patrolman. Both persons were occupants of passenger cars; and the' fatal accidents ac-cidents occurred within three weeks of each other during hunting hunt-ing seasons this fall. One fatal highway accident was on U. S. Highway 40, 21 miles' west of Duchesne Du-chesne and the other 12 miles east of Duchesne, Mr. Powell said.