End of Watch:
October 8, 1931
Age: 37
Utah County Sheriff’s Office
Accidental: Traffic crash
Utah County Deputy James R. Hand died from injuries suffered in a duty-related traffic crash.
Deputy Hand was riding his department motorcycle enroute to the county jail in Provo when he struck an unlighted hay trailer parked illegally on the road between Springville and Provo. Deputy Hand’s chest was crushed, and he died immediately. He was survived by his wife and son.