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(KSL News) The Salt Lake County Council voted to ban children from riding in large 15-passenger vans. That includes young riders who participate in the Utah Transit Authority's van pool.
The move comes in the wake of two fatal large-van accidents.
The first, last September, killed eight Utah State University students and their professor when their van rolled over near Tremonton.
Over the weekend, a European tourist was killed when a large van rolled near Monticello.
Full-size 15-passenger vehicles are five times more likely to roll than a regular car.
The county plans to eventually phase out the use of the vehicles altogether.
