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Legislators move to increase waterway hit-and-run penalties

Last updated Thursday, March 8, 2012 - 7:40am

SALT LAKE CITY — Lawmakers have voted to stiffen the rules involving hit-and-run incidents on state waterways.

House Bill 92 was inspired by an incident last summer at Pineview Reservoir, where University of Utah lab worker Esther Fujimoto was killed after being hit by a boat as she swam.

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(From left) Skyler Shepherd, attorney Glen Neeley, Robert Cole Boyer, attorney Greg Skordas and Colton Raines appear in 2nd District Court in Ogden on Wednesday. Shepherd, Boyer and Raines are charged in connection with the death of Esther Fujimoto after Fujimoto was struck by a boat while swimming in Pineview Reservior last summer. (MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner)

Woman attends arraignment of boaters accused in her sister's death

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 9:48pm

OGDEN — Denice Fujimoto encountered for the first time the three men she is suing in the death of her sister, Esther.

Skyler Shepherd, 22, Colton Raines, 22, and Robert Cole Boyer, 29, were arraigned Wednesday in 2nd District Court on charges from an Aug. 21 boating accident that left Esther Fujimoto dying in the waters of Pineview Reservoir.

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Skyler Shepherd, attorney Glen Neeley, Robert Cole Boyer, attorney Greg Skordas and Colton Raines, from left, appear before the Second District Court in Ogden Wednesday, March 7, 2012. Shepherd, Boyer and Raines are charged in connection to the death of Ester Fujimoto after Fujimoto was struck by a boat while swimming in Pineview Reservior. (MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner)

Pineview defendants make first court appearance

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, March 8, 2012 - 7:16am

OGDEN — Three men charged in connection with last summer’s fatal boating accident in Pineview Reservoir made their first court appearance today.

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Affidavit: Boaters questioned day of death didn't mention accident

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - 9:36pm

OGDEN — The three men charged in last summer’s Pineview boating fatality were questioned by law enforcement the day of the death but made no mention that the boat they were in hit anyone, according to court documents.

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Three arrested in Pineview boating death

Scott Schwebke, Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, February 25, 2012 - 6:56pm

OGDEN — The Weber County Sheriff’s Office has arrested three people in connection with the Aug. 21, 2011, death of Pineview Reservoir swimmer Esther Fujimoto.

Colton Raines, Skyler Shepherd and Robert Cole Boyer were arrested Friday.

Fujimoto died after being struck by a boat while swimming in the reservoir.

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Suit response blames Pineview swimming victim

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 6:44pm

OGDEN -- A defense answer to a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from last summer's fatal boating accident at Pineview Reservoir lays blame on the victim.

University of Utah researcher Esther Fujimoto, 49, died Aug. 21 when she was hit by a powerboat in the Spring Creek area of the reservoir.

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Bill targets boaters who leave scene of accident

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 9:28am

SALT LAKE CITY -- Boaters who leave the scene of an accident could face harsher penalties, according to bill sponsored by a local lawmaker.

"In the current code there is no provision for boaters who leave the scene of an accident," said Rep. Richard Greenwood, R-Roy.

The House approved 69-0 with six absent, on Wednesday, House Bill 92, sponsored by Greenwood.

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Wrongful death suit filed in Pineview boating death

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, November 9, 2011 - 10:34pm

OGDEN — The sister of the woman who died after being struck by a boat while swimming in Pineview Reservoir in August has filed a wrongful death suit against the three men she believes are responsible.

Esther Fujimoto, 49, died the evening of Aug. 21 after a boat propeller cut into her torso and abdomen while she was swimming in the reservoir.

Three men — one driver and two passengers — were in the boat, which sped off and left Fujimoto to die, according to the lawsuit.

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