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Provo Scout Leader Recalls Utah Tragedy In Riverside Canyon
Charles Pope reports that a Provo area Boy Scout leader was among those killed when a truck rollover in southern Utah killed twelve. The survivor describes the crash near a horseshoe bend above a ravine, with four dead, including a fellow Scout and the driver’s injuries. Dr. John Cook and family members are noted amid the chaos as the group faced a delayed rescue and the loss of plans for a Glen Canyon rafting trip.
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Charles Pope
Provo
Utah
Richfield
Joel Erickson
Cook
John Cook
Salt Lake City
Robert Cook
Salt Lake
Gordon Grow
Prove
Grow
D. Spencer Grow
KEYY
Gordon
Colorado
Glen Canyon’ Dam