Posted: 4:45 p.m. MT Nov. 28, 2007
TREMONTON, UT - Along Interstate 84 in Tremonton, UT, at approximately 4:00 p.m., a van carrying 10 students and 1 instructor, veered off the road and rolled several times, throwing victims from the van. Lieutenant Jason Jensen says it was one of the, "Worst scenes I've ever seen in 11 years." After his preliminary investigation, speed and possible mechanical malfunction may be the cause.
Eyewitness, Jenni Johnson was behind the vehicle as it happened. She says that a truck had passed her and she was beginning to pass the van because it was slowing down. The accident occurred and Jenni says, "The van swerved and went of the road and flipped and bodies where shooting out." She stopped to help and had a man from another vehicle call 911 as she did what she could to help.
President Stan Albrecht of Utah State University says, "The timing of this event will affect the students more than anything else." It is the first day of Ag Week, an event sponsored by the College of Agriculture. The van was on a University sanctioned field trip with 10 students from the Agricultural department. The University is making sure to contact those families of the victims. the University is still deciding on how Ag Week will play out and also they are planning memorial service.
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