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Article: USU to cut full-size vans from fleet, officials say
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- February 3, 2006
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Utah State University will cut full-size passenger vans from its
fleet, officials announced Thursday after a four-month review of the
vans involved in a September accident that killed eight students and
one professor.
"I'm thrilled," said Beverly Bailey, sister of Evan Parker, the
instructor who was driving the van that rolled on I-84 near Tremonton
Sept. 26. "They are dangerous, and there's been enough accidents that
they've realized that finally."
The 50, 12- and 15-passenger vans in USU's fleet will be sold to
buy 15-passenger buses with dual rear tires, a feature missing on the
vans. The decision to trade in for sturdier vehicles follows a recent
decision by the Utah System of Higher ...