News briefs Family of woman killed by Arches National Park gate gets $10.5 million Tribune News Service · Feb 1, 2023
Judge awards $10.5 million to family of Denver woman killed by wind-blown gate at Arches National Park DENVER — A federal judge this week awarded $10.5 million to the family of a Denver woman who was killed when a metal gate at Utah’s Arches National Park swung open, impaled her car and decapitated her. The Denver Post · Jan 31, 2023
Ugandan activist's family awarded $10.5M for Utah park death The United States will pay more than $10 million in damages over the death of Esther Nakajjigo, a prominent Ugandan human rights activist killed in Arches National Park in 2020 The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2023
Family of Ugandan philanthropist decapitated by traffic gate in Arches National Park awarded $10.5m Unsecured gate ‘turned a metal pipe into a spear that went straight through the side of a car’ The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2023
US government tries to dodge $140m payout to family of philanthropist decapitated by national park gate Esther Nakajjigo was a “one in a billion” philanthropist who could have become the next Princess Diana, a court in Salt Lake City hears The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2022
Man left traumatised after wife is beheaded in front of his eyes by swinging gate Horrified Ludovic Michaud felt ''something wet'' and turned round to discover that his wife had been decapitated by the gate and her blood was all over his body. Daily Record · Dec 6, 2022
Woman decapitated by metal gate in front of her horrified husband in park Esther Nakajjigo's horrified husband was driving when a metal gate was whipped round in the wind and cut into the car where she was sitting and beheading her in Arches National Park in Utah, US Daily Mirror · Dec 6, 2022
Trial begins over death of Ugandan woman killed in Utah park Attorneys for the family of a Ugandan activist killed by a swinging metal gate at Arches National Park in Utah are seelomg $140 million in damages in a wrongful death lawsuit against the U.S. government The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2022