The Uintah County Library is remembering 120 teens that have been lost on Utah roads, including one of the Basin’s own. The state’s Zero Fatalities Campaign includes a Teen Memoriam of youth who have lost their lives on Utah Roads as a way to put faces and feeling behind the statistics of lives lost. A large and emotionally powerful display with the pictures of the 120 teens debuted at the Southtown mall in Salt Lake County over the holiday season. Some of the families then asked the state if the display could be brought to their hometowns and in the months since, the display has traveled all over the state. Right now it is on display in the Uintah County Library after Teri and Hal Marshall, the parents of one of the teens featured, made the request. Sandon Marshal passed away on May 27th, 2016, when the vehicle he was in was hit from behind by a distracted driver while waiting to make a left hand turn from Highway 40 into McCoy Flats. Sandon’s mother Teri Marshal is grateful the display has made a stop in the Uintah Basin and hopes residents will take the time to visit the library to see it. “Each teen’s story is different and every situation is different,” shares Teri, “but if you look at each one there is something to learn.” The display will be at the Uintah County Library for 4 weeks.
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