OGDEN, Utah, Nov. 26, 2016 (Gephardt Daily) — The Utah Highway Patrol has announced funeral arrangements for fallen Trooper Eric Ellsworth, who died this week, four days after a Nov. 18 accident suffered in the line of duty.
Ellsworth, 36 and a resident of Brigham City, was in rural Garland, at the site of a low-hanging power line. He was trying to alert the driver of a semi to the danger ahead when he was struck by a vehicle driven by a 16-year-old girl, who didn’t see him.
Ellsworth remained hospitalized in extremely critical condition, and died on Tuesday, Nov. 22. A full honor guard transported the trooper’s body from Murray to Salt Lake City, then to Ogden on Saturday. To see video and read the story, click here.
The public viewing for Ellsworth will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Stake center, 8230 S. U.S. 89. Ellsworth was a member of the LDS Church.
The trooper’s funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Dee Events Center, at 4400 Harrison Blvd., Ogden.
The Dee Events Center seats 11,500, and is just south of the main area of the Weber State University campus.
Following the funeral, a procession will take Trooper Ellsworth north to his burial site, at the Brigham City Cemetery, 300 South and 300 East, Brigham City.
