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OGDEN — Funeral service plans for a Utah Highway Patrol trooper who died late Tuesday — four days after he was struck by a vehicle last week — were finalized Friday.
A public viewing for UHP trooper Eric Ellsworth will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the LDS Stake Center on 8230 S. U.S. 89 in Willard, UHP Sgt. Todd Royce said.
A private viewing for family will occur Wednesday morning before a public funeral service will be held at the Dee Events Center in Ogden. A burial service will then take place at the Brigham City Cemetery.
Honor Guards will stay with Ellsworth’s body until the funeral.
A GoFundMe page* was set up for the family Friday evening.
Earlier Friday, Ellsworth's body was transported Friday from Intermountain Medical Center to the State Medical Examiner's Officer in Salt Lake City.
A police procession led the vehicle carrying Ellsworth's body to the medical examiner's office before his body was transported to Linquist's Ogden Mortuary.
Ellsworth was hit by a car Nov. 18 while responding to a report of a sagging power line along state Route 13, according to the Box Elder County Sheriff’s Office. He was transported to a local hospital before being flown to Intermountain Medical Center in extremely critical condition and died four days days later.
Family members held a press conference earlier this week to thank the community for the support they've received and offer forgiveness to the 16-year-old girl who was driving the 2006 Chevy sedan that hit Ellsworth.
The trooper leaves behind a wife and three young sons.
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Contributing: Alex Cabrero
