April 17, 2008 - 11:00 pm
TREMONTON, Ut.- A tragic accident carrying ten Utah State University students and Professor Evan Parker, has shaken up USU campus. Four fatalities occurred; Instructor Evan Parker, Steven Bair, Kurt Madsen, and Brad Wilcox were pronounced dead at the scene. Two survivors, Jared Nelson and Robert Peterson, were taken to Ogden Regional Medical Center and are in serious condition.
Utah Highway Patrol Lieutenant Jason Jensen arrived at the scene of the accident sometime after 4 pm. Trooper Jensen stated how horrific the scene was. After rolling several times, the van was standing on its wheels, bodies strewn about from the accident. Trooper Jensen said, “In my 15 years, this is possibly the worst accident I’ve ever seen. It’s going to effect the community for years to come. It’s so tragic when so many are involved.
Activities for agriculture week have been cancelled. When asked about the events of the accident, Dean of the College of Agriculture, Noel Cockett said, “We’ve had a hard time recruiting students and we pulled 20-30 quality students this year. To lose this many in an accident is going to have a long term effect on the college.” Not only is loss of students damaging, but Instructor Evan Parker’s death will be hard to cope with.
A memorial service will be announced later this week.
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Megan,
I like that you mentioned the names of those who passed on, as well as being descriptive of what happened in the middle paragraph. That is interesting to people who would read an article like this. I feel like the article is left kind of open, and ends somewhat abruptly. The question of who exactly will miss Professor Parker was left anonymous, probably because you just didn't correlate the quote from Cockett very well. Everybody that died in this tragedy will be missed.
Megan, I liked your opening paragraph a lot. However, I do agree with Rhett in that it had some abrupt changes. You write very nicely though!
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