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Saturday, August 2, 2014

Fatal Crash Closes Logan Canyon Morning Of Raspberry Days

Highway back up due to accident
Photo by Bryce Huefner
LOGAN CANYON, Utah. August 2, 2014.  At almost 9 a.m. an SUV and a truck hauling a boat  collided going northbound in Logan Canyon near Franklin Basin.

The driver of the SUV, 18 year old Ryker Dattage, grandson of Bear Lake friend Eldon Dattage, was killed instantly and the three passengers in the truck were injured. The accident involved so many vehicles that the canyon was completely closed for an hour until a lane had been opened.

Later that morning dispatch was reporting that the canyon had been opened enough for one lane to be used and the road was cleared by noon.  Electronic signs kept people from entering the canyon southbound, but dispatch was reporting long lines into Logan Canyon.


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