Monday, March 19, 2007
Provo man killed in scooter accident
Daily Herald
A Provo man in his early 20s died Sunday after being hit on his motorized scooter Saturday morning near the campus of Brigham Young University.
Police say the driver of a Honda Passport was turning left from University Parkway onto 500 East and didn't see Adam Cox on his scooter traveling in the opposite direction.
"The Passport turned left and the scooter hit the right front tire," said Provo police Officer Hiatt Bean who responded to the accident.
Cox suffered severe head trauma in the collision and was transported to Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in critical condition.
Bryant Larsen, a spokesman for the hospital, confirmed Cox died Sunday from his injuries.
Cox was wearing protective head gear, Bean said, and the Passport driver hadn't been cited pending the outcome of the investigation. He said the Passport driver didn't appear to be negligent in the accident, but that he simply hadn't seen Cox on his scooter.
"It was quite sad," Bean said. "The young man who hit him was quite upset. I mean, how could you not be."
Capt. Mike Harroun of the BYU police department said Cox was married and had been a part-time police dispatcher for the university for two years. This story appeared in The Daily Herald on page D1.
