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RANDLETT, Uintah County — A driver who rear-ended a street sweeper killing the operator last summer in Uintah County faces federal manslaughter charges.
A grand jury indicted Wilda Annie Manning, of Fort Duchesne, on two counts of involuntary manslaughter while within Indian country Wednesday. One count alleges she was under the influence of a controlled substance, and the other alleges she was using a cellphone at the time of the crash.
Steven Chet Goodrich, 25, of Bluebell, Duchesne County, died after a sport utility vehicle hit his machine from behind, partially ejecting him last June on the Uintah-Ouray Indian Reservation. The impact forced the street sweeper off the road and into a ditch, where it overturned. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the Utah Highway Patrol.
Goodrich was part of a road construction crew working on a chip seal project.
Melodie Rydalch, spokeswoman for the Utah U.S. Attorney's Office, said the separate charges aren't unusual and would be more of a factor in sentencing if Manning is convicted.
