Pineview Reservoir

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.

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.

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.

OGDEN -- Handling three major cases at the same time is having an impact on the Weber County Attorney's Office. "We're maxed out," Weber County Attorney Dee Smith said of the drain of three major investigations under way simultaneously.

OGDEN — Search warrant affidavits in 2nd District Court name the three men in the boat that police say killed a Pineview Reservoir swimmer. The affidavits also state which man was driving.

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.

Weber sheriff’s deputies have seized the boat believed to have struck the woman. The recently unsealed affidavits have identified its owner as Skyler Shepherd, 21, of South Ogden. In the boat with him were Colton Raines, 22, and Cole Boyer, 29, both of Ogden, the affidavits state.

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PLAIN CITY -- Pineview will be supplying secondary water to Pioneer Park as it came in with the lowest bid at $1,500 a year.

Councilwoman LaFray Kelley said the cost would be similar to secondary water for Lee Olsen Park.