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Deaths of 10 stun Cedar City

Published: Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008 12:59 a.m. MDT
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Johnson, who was Miss Hurricane when she was 16 and was first attendant for Miss Washington County last year, became engaged to her boyfriend Thursday night at the Cedar City golf course. Met Johnson is happy that her fiance asked Mandy's parents to meet them at the golf course. It was the last time they saw her.

"They were able to be there after he proposed," Met Johnson said. "That was a wonderful thing for my mom and dad."

Johnson worked as a secretary dealing with insurance companies at the clinic.

Barraclough said with all the outdoor recreationists in Moab, having a doctor specializing in skin problems was a huge help. Ellsworth would see between 45 and 50 patients each day he came, Barraclough said. Furthermore, he brought all his own supplies and staff.

"He was very well-liked, a consummate professional. I wish all my visiting physicians were as thorough and self-sufficient."

The plane was a 10-seat King Air A-100. White, the pilot, had more than 2,000 hours of flying time and his flying was rated at airline quality, according to Leavitt.

"There will be a lot of people affected by this accident," Leavitt said. "We're deeply saddened. We loved these people. They were members of the community, family and friends."

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"Our hearts are broken by this tragedy. We hold with gratitude our faith in God, and along with the hundreds touched by this accident, seek from Him strength, comfort and perspective," Leavitt said in the Leavitt Group's official statement.

Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. issued a statement of condolences to the families of the victims.

"This is a tragedy for the communities of Moab, Cedar City and Hurricane and for our whole state," Huntsman's statement read. "Mary Kaye and I offer our most sincere condolences as our prayers go out to these communities and the friends and families of the 10 victims. We ask all our citizens to remember these good families who have experienced such sudden loss in our thoughts and prayers.

"Our gratitude goes to the emergency crews who worked on this terrible scene."

Red Canyon Aesthetics has seven clinics in Utah, two in Nevada and one in Page, Ariz., according to the company's Web site.

The airplane was owned by Leavitt Group Wings.


Contributing: Associated Press; Arthur Raymond


E-mail: preavy@desnews.com; lhanock@desnews.com; cmadsen@desnews.com

Recent comments

Speechless. Life is too short.

RIP | Aug. 24, 2008 at 2:46 a.m.

I"m glad Mandy's parents were able to share the best day of her life...

kelly | Aug. 24, 2008 at 1:42 a.m.

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A Hawker Beechcraft representative and another worker investigate the fiery airplane crash that killed the pilot and nine passengers Friday near Moab.

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