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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Wednesday, July 18, 2007 =============================================================================================================== INCIDENTS Grand Teton NP Jogger Pushing Baby Stroller Hit By car On the morning of Sunday, July 15th, M.B., 37, was running along the side of Gros Ventre Road with her young son strapped into a jogging stroller when she was struck by a Honda Civic driven by Shannon Davis, 26. Rangers and a Teton County ambulance personnel were on scene within minutes and took M.B. to St. John's Medical Center in Jackson for treatment of her injuries. M.B.'s son was securely fastened into his baby stroller and was essentially unhurt; however, he too was transported by park ambulance to the center for precautionary medical care. Rangers then located M.B.'s husband, Mi.B., who was at their campsite in the Gros Ventre Campground and brought him to the hospital. M.B. was flown early Sunday afternoon to Eastern Idaho Medical Center in Idaho Falls for additional medical care. Both M.B. and Davis were traveling westbound on the Gros Ventre Road when the accident occurred. Davis was estimated to have been traveling about 45 miles per hour, which is the speed limit on that road segment. She was issued a citation and a mandatory court appearance as a result of the accident. [Jackie Skaggs, Public Affairs Officer] National Capital Parks East Two Die In Accident In Fort Dupont Park The Park Police were notified of a single-vehicle accident at Fort Davis Drive near Massachusetts Avenue just after 8 p.m. on July 13th. Officers found that a Ford pickup had been heading east on Carpenter Street when the driver, P.B., 48, failed to negotiate a turn in the road. The truck went through some woods, then rolled over in a grassy area in Fort Dupont Park. The passenger in the truck, R.B., 51, was pronounced dead at the scene. P.B. was taken to a local hospital, where he died of his injuries. Speed and alcohol were determined to have been contributing factors in the crash. [Sergeant Robert Lachance, Public Information Officer] Natchez Trace Parkway Taser Employed During Drug Arrest Ranger Brent Mahle stopped a car for speeding at milepost 219 on the afternoon of Sunday, July 15th. The driver had no license and no insurance. Following issuance of citations, Mahle was granted consent to search the vehicle. Two other officers who were passing by - one from the Mississippi Highway Patrol and the other from Chickasaw County - stopped to assist. The two male passengers were instructed to get out of the vehicle. One of them, R.N., 18, appeared nervous and had an unusual bulge in his pants. When Mahle began to frisk him, R.N. pulled away and fled on foot into the woods. Male repeatedly ordered him to stop, but he continued to run. Mahle then used his taser on R.N. and took him into custody R.N. was found to have two ounces of marijuana hidden in his pants. Charges are pending. [Allen Etheridge, Chief Ranger] OTHER NEWS The following stories (among others) can be read on either the InsideNPS web site (if you are within the National Park Service) or at the InsideNPS public ‘news digest' site (if you are outside of the NPS). The web sites appear below: Lake Mead NRA - The National Park Service has awarded two companies limited commercial use authorizations for guided technical scuba diving to the remains of a B-29 bomber that crashed in the Overton Arm of Lake Mead back in 1948. Harpers Ferry Center - Interpretive media designer Ron Roos will retire on August 2nd after 30 years with the National Park Service. To see the above articles, go to InsideNPS ( HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/" http://inside.nps.gov/) or NPS Digest ( HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/). For NPS incident reporting standards, go to HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=viewnpsnewsarticle&type=Announcements&id=3363" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=viewnpsnewsarticle&type=Announcements&id=3363 * * * * * Prepared by the Division of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services, Washington Office, with the cooperation and support of Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@nps.gov, 570-426-2430). --- ### --- |