Type of ATV crash that killed Congressman Orton all too common

April 19th, 2009
By John Hollenhorst

JUAB COUNTY -- Former Utah Congressman Bill Orton died Saturday from a type of ATV crash that's all too common in sand dunes. It appears he went too fast over the top of a dune and wound up pinned underneath his heavy four-wheeler. As far as we know, no one witnessed Orton's ATV crash. So the precise details may never be known.
But experts say it seems pretty clear he made a common mistake that's claimed lives before in the Little Sahara Sand Dunes.
sand dune that killed Bill Orton doesn't look like much--not too tall, not too rough--but just steep enough to get him into trouble, like many before him.
Little Sahara Sand Dunes Manager Tim Finger said, "A lot of people tend to think about just coming out here and having fun. But it's just like driving a car. You have to think about what you are doing."
The problem is when you're going up a dune you don't know what's on the other side. And if you get to the top and it's too steep and you're going too fast, you can be in real trouble.

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Make sure you can see the other side before driving down a dune.

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