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The Collision at Brown's Curve
What was Coroner Bob
Cambell’s point in telling the families there had "been five other
fatalities on Brown's Curve in recent years, and that the highway patrol
routinely lowers the speed limit to forty five miles per hour in that area
in winter months? Check the county records, which show that this is a false
statement.
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Collision
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There is conflicting evidence as to exactly where the wreck occurred. On one
hand, reconstructionist John Daily determined that the vehicles were in
Brown’s Curve when they collided. (Daily's official reconstruction.) Yet
State Trooper Delane Baldwin has stated that the collision was not in
Brown’s Curve at all, but occurred at the edge of Brown’s Curve.
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Photo 1 - The Road |
| John Daily calculated the speed of the Chevy Pickup at
approximately 49 - 56
mph, and the Bronco II at approx. 62 - 69 mph. |
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Cindy Williams noted Yearsley's speed and position when Yearsley passed her
just before Skyline and in the straight. Cindy was traveling between 38 and
40 mph. Photo #2 depicts the locations of the Williams vehicle when passed
by the Yearsley vehicle, and when she reached the top of Skyline Hill. Only
a little common sense is needed to calculate that the speed of the Yearsley
vehicle had to be twice that of the speed of Cindy Williams’. Cindy was
traveling at 38 - 40 mph, and in order for Yearsley to be in Brown’s Curve
when Cindy reached the top of Skyline, he had to be traveling at twice the
speed of Cindy Williams. A little common sense goes a long way. |
Photo 2 - Speed
of Yearlsey's Vehicle
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| Take a very close look at
photo #3. Ollie was traveling west on Rt. 22 on
what officials have stated as hazardous road conditions. Black Ice! See that
huge curve right before Brown’s Curve? How could Ollie possibly be traveling
at 62 - 69 mph around that curve, on black ice, prior to reaching Brown’s
Curve? How did John Daily conclude that Ollie was traveling at 62 - 69 mph
as stated in his official, [lost, found] unsigned, unofficial report?
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Photo 3 - 70MPH
Around These Curves? |
A Federal reconstructionist was asked this very question and the reply was
that only under three conditions could anyone be traveling at that high rate
of speed on these road conditions.
(1) No sharp curves in the area.
(2) No hills to climb!
(3) Must be on a straight stretch of highway.
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Photo 4 - Arial View |
Ollie Sutherland's vehicle doesn't qualify under these conditions.
The Yearsley vehicle does.
Is it possible that the speed of the vehicles may have been switched around
in John Daily's report?? Could explain the reason why he refused to sign his
deposition and why he lost his official report.
It has always been suspected that the Bronco was sitting still when the
Yearsley's collided with it. The carcass of a deer was found nearby and
gives way to another plausible theory: that Conley and Ollie had stopped to
check out the deer. This article verifies suspicions that this area has the
highest number of wildlife vehicle collisions in the area - 330 since 1990
from Skyline down to Brown’s Curve.
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Wildlife Collisions
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There was no blood found in the Bronco at ALL.
Sergeant Daily's report includes conclusions of highway patrolmen who
compiled their reports on conjecture, assumptions, opinions and theories of
bystanders, intoxicated accident victims, and the statements of Yearsley's
friends, family, and employees who arrived on the scene minutes later. It is
significant that the conclusions of these officers vary substantially from
Sergeant Daily's regarding factors contributing to the cause of the
accident. Is there any possibility that Sergeant Daily framed his findings
to coordinate with the prosecuting Attorney's witness protection efforts on
behalf of Mr. Beck and Ms. Willard, Wendy Yearsley (Phelps) sister?
Maybe Steve Weichman can answer that question?
Accident reconstructionist, Sergeant John Daily, knew the Yearsley family
and associated with them socially. Does this appear as potentially
problematic from a perspective of bias? Should there be concern that
Sergeant Daily was a paid member of the Teton County law enforcement system,
who was simultaneously hired as a consultant by David Yearsley's insurance
company to determine who was at fault in the accident? Isn't this a conflict
in interest?
Sergeant John Daily refused to sign his official report on this event. Does
this mean it's an official report then?
Interestingly enough, John Daily didn't visit the collision site until
sometime after the 14th of December. The collision occurred on the night of
the 11th. John Daily did not take any photos. He relied solely on
information provided by Officer Delane Baldwin and Sergeant Jim Wilson.
Also, one hour after the collision occurred, the road at Brown’s Curve was
scraped and sanded by the Transportation Department of Highways (for public
safety reasons) while the bodies of Conley and Ollie lay on the side of the
road. A drinking driver killed two young men at this site, and the crime
scene was then contaminated and useless to any investigation. Any evidence
on the road was destroyed and should not be even brought into a court of
law. And guess who works for the Transportation Department of Highways.
Darrell Beck's father! Interesting, isn't it. Trooper James Wilson also
stated that he had seen Darrell Beck out socially.
The photos do not show the vehicles at the scene. Do these photos
exist? Who has them and where are they?
The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times
of great moral conflict.
--- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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