NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Thursday, March 1, 2012

INCIDENTS

Saguaro NP

Motorcyclist Killed In Head-On Collision

A 69-year-old Tucson woman was killed when her motorcycle ran head-on into another vehicle on Picture Rocks Road on the afternoon of February 25th. She was heading westbound when her Honda drifted into oncoming traffic and hit the other vehicle. CPR was conducted on scene by fire department paramedics before she was flown to University Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead. Two people in the second vehicle were taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries and later released. [Paul Austin, Acting Chief Ranger]

OTHER NEWS

The following stories are among those in today's edition of InsideNPS. To see the full text, including images, NPS employees should go to the InsideNPS home page ( HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index). Non-NPS employees can see most of them on the NPS Digest page ( HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/):

Independence NHP - The Centennial Bell that hangs in Independence Hall Tower chimes the hour once again. Silenced while the tower was under scaffolding, the bell and clockworks were recently restarted to celebrate the successful completion of the tower rehabilitation.

Fire and Aviation Management - On January 20th, the Service's structural fire suppression training program was formally awarded accreditation through the National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications.

Tuskegee Airman NHS - It was the color red as far as the eye could see in Tuskegee in mid-January when students and dignitaries were treated to an early screening of George Lucas' film, Red Tails, which tells the story of the Tuskegee Airmen.

Mammoth Cave NP - Brad McDougal, who began his career at Mammoth Cave more than 30 years ago, has been selected as the park's chief ranger.

* * * *

The Morning Report is a publication of the Division of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services, Washington Office, produced with the support of the Office of the Assistant Director for Information Resources and the Office of the Chief Information Officer. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@nps.gov).

--- ### ---