Woman's hand nearly amputated in Moab Jeep accident

MOAB — A Draper woman's hand was crushed over the weekend during an accident at Moab's annual Jeep Safari event.

Heather Cowan, 35, and Morgan Case, 42, were four-wheeling in the Sand Flats area on the Escalator Challenge on the Hell's Revenge trail, when the rock crawler Cowan was driving rolled, said Grand County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Curt Brewer.

The woman's left hand, which was outside the vehicle, was smashed between the vehicle and a rock and nearly amputated, he said. She was flown by medical helicopter to a hospital in Grand Junction, Colo.

Brewer did not know Tuesday if Cowan's hand was saved.

— Pat Reavy