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UPDATE: Late Wednesday, police said Wilda Annie Manning turned herself in to authorities to face charges in connection with the deadly June crash that killed the driver of a street sweeper vehicle.FORT DUCHESNE, Uintah County — An arrest warrant has been issued by a Ute Tribal Court judge for a Uintah County woman accused of killing the driver of a street sweeper in June.
Wilda Annie Manning, 49, is charged with vehicular homicide, according to a post Tuesday on the Facebook page for the Bureau of Indian Affairs Police Department in Fort Duchesne.
The charge against Manning stems from a June 3 crash that killed Steven Chet Goodrich. Investigators say Goodrich was working in a road construction zone in Randlett, Uintah County, when Manning crashed her sport-utility vehicle into the back of the street sweeper Goodrich was operating.
The impact forced the street sweeper off the road and into a ditch, where it overturned. Goodrich, 25, was not wearing a seat belt and was partially ejected from the sweeper, Utah Highway Patrol Lt. Beau Mason said. He died at the scene.
Manning was taken to a hospital by ambulance. Her injuries did not appear to be life-threatening, Mason said. Investigators have been unable to find Manning since her release from the hospital, but believe she may be in the Salt Lake area.
Troopers found "little to no evidence of braking" before the impact, Mason said. Immediately after the crash, the lieutenant said he wasn't aware of anything that would indicate impairment on Manning's part. Blood tests performed on Manning shortly after the crash, however, determined she was impaired, according to investigators.
The crash, which happened within the boundaries of the Uintah-Ouray Indian Reservation, was investigated jointly by Bureau of Indian Affairs police, UHP troopers and Uintah County sheriff's deputies.
