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Flagstaff Man Dies in Rollover Accident

Coconino County Sheriff BadgeFlagstaff AZ (April 1, 2013) – On Sunday, March 31, 2013, at about 6:50 in the morning, Coconino County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the report of a single vehicle rollover accident on Angell Road, two and half miles east of Townsend Winona Road. Deputies and Summit Fire Department personnel arrived on the scene to find a gold Subaru sport utility vehicle had rolled over multiple times resulting in significant structural damage. Two occupants of the vehicle were identified at the scene.

The driver, an eighteen-year-old Flagstaff resident explained that he was driving eastbound on Angell Road when he saw a nondescript object in front of his SUV. According to the driver, he took evasive action by attempting to avoid the obstacle. This action resulted in the driver’s loss of control causing the vehicle to slide sideways off the north shoulder of Angell Road and into the bar ditch.

The vehicle continued to travel eastbound until one of the driver’s side tires lodged in the soft dirt shoulder causing the vehicle to roll over multiple times. Investigators believe the driver was wearing his seat belt enabling him to remain in the vehicle. The front seat passenger, however, sixty-six-year-old Cletus “CG” Haire of Flagstaff, Arizona, was ejected from the SUV.

The eighteen-year-old driver climbed out of a broken window and found his passenger pinned under the vehicle. He pulled Haire from beneath it and called 9-1-1 for assistance.

The driver was transported to Flagstaff Medical Center where he was treated for minor injuries and released. Cletus Haire was pronounced dead at the scene.

This investigation is on-going and Coconino County deputies are attempting to determine if speed and the use of a safety restraint were factors in this fatal accident.

 

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