Boy Scouts Kill felling a tree

[bcaarms]

http://www.cedarcityutah.com/news/a...motorcycle-falling-tree-incident#.VEBJPL7XkfH

 

[Rudedog]

Poor supervision.

 

[Guido Salvage]

How can a tree being felled that lands on a highway killing a motorcyclist be termed an "accident"? I have to agree, lack of supervision coupled with poor planning and skills caused this.

 

[Rudedog]

How can a tree being felled that lands on a highway killing a motorcyclist be termed an "accident"? I have to agree, lack of supervision coupled with poor planning and skills caused this.

Police Departments do not call them accidents anymore. They call them collisions. They are well aware of the fact that there is no such thing as an accident.

 

[treesmith]

UK police the same, incident not accident

 

[snoozeys]

Very unfortunate ... not sure where blame should lie

 

[Ironworker]

I wonder if the tree was cut to fall towards the road if so those kids should be prosecuted.

 

[snoozeys]

You would think the boy scout leaders have a duty of care to make sure all appropiate safety measure were being undertaken

 

[Jeff Lary]

Whenever working with trees close to a roadway we at the MDOT must have flaggers. When a tree is ready to fall the flaggers stop traffic when the tree is for certin clear of the roadway and safely off the road the flaggers release traffic. Just in case...

 

[Guido Salvage]

The article indicated that the 2 Scouts responsible had wandered away from the main group. I suspect they should have been taking downed wood, boils down to lack of supervision.

 

[MarkEagleUSA]

boils down to lack of supervision.

Two leaders and 8 scouts witnessed the wreck... did nobody see the 2 cutting the tree?

 

[computeruser]

Put the kids and the adults in prison, and sue the heck out of BSA.

 

[snoozeys]

There is at least grounds for a wrongful death suit

 

[Stihl-Pioneer]

It is unfortunate that this happened for sure. If those pics are of the accident, where is the road? The bike looks like its in the middle of the woods.

 

[2dogs]

Put the kids and the adults in prison, and sue the heck out of BSA.

Idiot

 

[cgraham1]

If those pics are of the accident, where is the road? The bike looks like its in the middle of the woods.

If you look at the upper right corner of the picture, you can see some people standing on what appears to be a road...

 

[lone wolf]

Put the kids and the adults in prison, and sue the heck out of BSA.

With out a trial too?

 

[Gologit]

Idiot

Attorney. Kinda fits doesn't it?

 

[slowp]

Them Utah scouts have been making the news lately.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/31/us/utah-boulder-boy-scouts/index.html

 

[2dogs]

Them Utah scouts have been making the news lately.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/31/us/utah-boulder-boy-scouts/index.html

Old news. Some people are stuck on stupid. Scouts and adult leaders are just like the rest of the population.