Thankfully there was only one minor injury reported after an SUV carrying Uintah High School student-athletes was involved in a rollover crash in Colorado on Friday. Uintah Schools Superintendent Rick Woodford provided a report of what happened: The Uintah High girls basketball team was headed to a tournament in Craig, Colorado, when the crash happened. The team was traveling in two SUVs near Maybell, Colorado, when they encountered a slow-moving tractor-trailer truck with its flashers activated. Two vehicles – including the first team SUV – passed the slow-moving truck without incident. As the UHS staff member driving the second team SUV tried to pass, the driver of the slow-moving truck began to turn left onto a side road. The UHS staff member tried to avoid a collision with the truck and ended up going off the road. The SUV hit an embankment, briefly went airborne, landed on its roof, and slid to a stop. The driver and six student-athletes in the SUV were wearing seat belts. One student-athlete was treated for a cut to the head before being released to her parents. “This was an unfortunate accident that could have been much worse,” Woodford said. “We’re very grateful no one was seriously hurt.”
