North Park Police Department

9-2-14

Press Release

At 11:30 AM a three vehicle crash occurred at 4040 North Main in Hyde Park. Vehicle # 1 was a 1991 Blue Mazda Pickup bearing license plate # Idaho 1F45664. It was driven by a Dav Frew of Preston Idaho. Mr. Frew’s is 82 years of age.   Vehicle #1 was attempting to make a left hand turn onto the highway to go north bound.

Vehicle #2 was a 2004 GMC Sierra Pickup Truck bearing Utah lic. # UTZ2369VV. It was driven by a Jared Astle of North Logan. Mr. Astle’s is 28 years of age. He was traveling south bound on the highway in the inside lane.

Vehicle #3 was a silver 2004 Honda Civic driven by Vicente Mejia. Vehicle #3 was headed north bound in the inside lane of travel. Vehicle #3 was struck by debris from the collision of Number #1 and #2.

It appears from our investigation that the driver of Vehicle #1 attempted to make a left hand turn to go north bound. Traffic for south bound vehicles was heavy. Vehicle #2 was south bound in the inside lane of travel. When vehicle #1 pulled out there was no time for vehicle #2 to avoid the collision or stop. Impact occurred on the driver side door of the Mazda Pickup. Passersby attempted to preform CPR on the Mr. Frew. He was transported to Cache Valley Hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly after 12:00 PM. The driver of Vehicle #2, Mr. Astle, was transported to Logan Regional Hospital with complaint of neck pain. He was being evaluated at the time of this press release.