Teen falls from moving truck, remains in critical

ahowell — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:28:01 +0000

WEST JORDAN -- Hospital officials say a 16-year-old remains in critical condition a day after he was thrown from the bed of a moving pickup truck in West Jordan.

74-year-old skier falls off cliff, dies at Solitude

ahowell — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:34:01 +0000

SALT LAKE CITY -- Police say a 74-year-old Rhode Island skier died after stumbling off a cliff at Solitude Ski Resort near Salt Lake City.

Toddler killed in West Jordan crash; mom, infant hurt

ahowell — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:47:01 +0000

WEST JORDAN, Utah — Police are identifying a 2-year-old girl who died in a crash with a cement truck in West Jordan that also injured a mother and her son.

Missing pipeline workers found dead in Nine Mile Canyon

ahowell — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:00:01 +0000

PRICE -- A family member says two natural-gas pipeline workers from Colorado who went missing a week ago have been found dead in a central Utah canyon.

USU student wasn't Facebooking in Idaho crash

ahowell — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:14:01 +0000

LOGAN -- Police say an 18-year-old Utah State University student was not distracted by a phone when she died in a January crash in Idaho, even though she posted on Facebook minutes earlier.

Tremonton boy died from gunpowder explosion

ahowell — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:03:22 +0000

TREMONTON — A 14-year-old boy who accidentally killed himself with a miniature cannon died after suffering severe head and face trauma from the powerful blast, not from being hit with a projectile, authorities said Monday.

Cache 2-year-old dies after dad backs car over him

ahowell — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:33:01 +0000

MENDON -- A 2-year-old boy is dead after his father backed a car over him at their home in Mendon.

Bulldozer operator falls 30 feet

ahowell — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:09:01 +0000

WEST VALLEY CITY -- A construction worker has head injuries after falling 30 feet from a bulldozer.

Young Idaho woman raising money for a new eye

ahowell — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:07:01 +0000

LEWISTON, Idaho -- At the age of 2, an accident left Alaina Kaufman completely blind in her right eye.

Now, the Lewiston 19-year-old is hoping to raise enough money for a prosthetic eye that will give her a new outlook on life. Since elementary school, she's kept the damaged eye covered by a swoop of hair, but this can lead to awkward inquiries.

UofU student dies in fall from Park City chairlift

ahowell — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:20:01 +0000

PARK CITY — Authorities say a 19-year-old University of Utah student suffered a seizure before she fell from a chairlift at a Park City ski resort and died.

Cause sought for deadly highway pileup

ahowell — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:42:01 +0000

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Authorities in Florida were trying to determine Monday what caused the horrific pileup on Interstate 75 south of Gainesville, where a long line of cars and trucks collided one after another on a dark highway so shrouded in haze and smoke that drivers were blinded.

Roofer dies after collapse of Salt Lake patio roof

ahowell — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:50:08 +0000

SALT LAKE CITY -- Fire officials say a residential construction worker was killed after being crushed and trapped under a patio roof that suddenly collapsed.

Mysterious driver slams into Layton garage doors

ahowell — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:04:01 +0000

LAYTON -- Zach Braegger has done all he can to repair his garage door after someone crashed their vehicle into it late Sunday night.

Braegger also performed some quick repair work to his own car, which was in the garage when the door came falling down. The impact from the moving vehicle pushed Braegger's car into several metal shelves and almost through a wall into the house.

Roosevelt man injured in drilling rig accident

ahowell — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:23:01 +0000

VERNAL -- A Roosevelt man has serious injuries after his hand was caught between moving pipes at an eastern Utah drilling rig.

Family website raises $287,000 to cover deceased skier's medical bills

ahowell — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:16:01 +0000

PARK CITY -- A website set up by the family of deceased Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke has now raised more than $287,000 -- which should be enough to cover her medical bills while in a Salt Lake City hospital.

Cannon that killed Tremonton boy was miniature replica

ahowell — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:59:01 +0000

TREMONTON -- A 14-year-old was killed Monday while handling a miniature cannon at his Tremonton home.

Tremonton teen shot, killed by toy cannon

ahowell — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:26:06 +0000

TREMONTON — A 14-year-old boy from Tremonton is dead after police say he accidentally shot himself with a miniature toy cannon.

Car hits 12 pedestrians, 8 dead

ahowell — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:59:01 +0000

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A woman driving a black minivan, with her three friends as passengers, lost control of the vehicle and plowed into 12 pedestrians in front of the PLN office at Gambir, Central Jakarta, on Sunday, claiming the lives of eight people and injuring the other four, a police officer has said.

Another vehicle slides into icy Logan River

ahowell — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:11:01 +0000

LOGAN -- Authorities have issued a warning after another vehicle slid into an icy Utah river where a group of passers-by recently rescued three children from inside a car that rolled into the river.

Elderly man sorry he caused big Reno blaze

ahowell — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:01:01 +0000

RENO, Nev.-- An elderly man discarding fireplace ashes accidentally touched off the brush fire that raged south of Reno, destroying 29 homes and forcing thousands of people to flee the flames, authorities said.