AMERICAN FORK CANYON, Utah (AP) — An emergency phone system is in place near the site of an avalanche that killed 21-year-old Brigham Young University student Ashleigh Cox.
The Deseret News reports (http://bit.ly/1PjhuCR) family members of the Colorado Springs native and the crew that responded to the avalanche dedicated the system on Saturday.
Firefighters solicited donations for the system after Ashleigh’s death. Lone Peak Fire Battalion Chief Joe McRae said this was not the first time responders wished they could have gotten up the canyon sooner.
Ashleigh was snowshoeing with friends in February 2014 when an avalanche buried her beneath the snow. Friends had to travel 15 minutes away to get cell service.
Her father, Dennis Cox, said efforts to improve response times are appreciated by the family and “would have been appreciated by Ashleigh.”
———
Information from: Deseret News, http://www.deseretnews.com
