I have to wonder if Sheriff Deaver may have suffered from Breitbart syndrome.
He lost control of the truck. Gravel road.
I can take you there and show you the scene.
This happened about 4 miles from our jobsite.
He was driving like he was in a NASCAR race on a cinder road. He went around a hilly bend in the road and ended up against a rock cut where the road cut through a hill.
One of our fellows came on the scene after they had it blocked off and dam near ran into the investigation crew. Another of our guys dam near ran into the TV crew who were there after it all was done.
BTW. Our log trucks have had several near misses on these roads with these people coming up from the valley camping and such-no matter we got heavy trucking signs all over the GD place. They drive like they are on the freeways on these roads, cutting corners short and ending up on the wrong side of the road on blind corners. The place has lots of Deer and Elk and even cattle running around on these roads. Yet they drive like they are experts on these cinder roads. They get loose and away they go into the ditch.
I appreciate the reply posts from folks who know the scene and can explain the circumstances of the crash. While I know we all mourn Sheriff Dever’s death and many would love to believe that outlaw Mexicans were the assassins, I counsel a cool head and intelligent thought in these matters. Sometimes, FR begins to read like a Democrat whirlagig site. We have to be, we are, more intelligent than they are.