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U.S. NEWSWednesday 3 January 2018

Investigators seek cause of deadly bus crash in Utah desert

The aftermath of a late-Sunday Greyhound bus crash is seen on Monday, Jan. 1, 2018 in Emery SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — In- ditions of those injured.
County. A 13-year-old girl died and 11 others were hospitalized when the bus went off the freeway vestigators on Tuesday Utah Highway Patrol Lt.
and crashed into a steep wash. were combing through a Steve Salas told the Desert
mangled Greyhound bus News on Monday that no
(Ben Tidswell/The Deseret News via AP) to determine what caused other motorists witnessed
it to careen from a road the crash and some bus
in the Utah desert on New passengers had flagged
Year’s Eve, killing a 13-year- down a truck driver for
old girl and injuring 12 other help. Most of the injured
people. people had neck and
The bus was carrying 14 back injuries, he said. A few
people, including the driv- had broken bones and one
er, when it drifted off the had a fractured skull.
shoulder of Interstate 70 Authorities identified the girl
and crashed about 300 killed as Summer Pinzon of
miles (483 kilometers) south Azusa, California. She was
of Salt Lake City. traveling with her mother,
A passenger reported a who was hospitalized after
possible medical issue with the crash.
the driver, the Utah High- Authorities did not release
way Patrol said Monday in the mother’s name or ad-
a news release. ditional details about her
The agency did not imme- and her daughter.
diately respond to phone The bus driver and two pas-
messages Tuesday seeking sengers were taken by heli-
further comment about the copters in serious condition
investigation and the con- to hospitals. q

3 people accused of operating Georgia brothel sent to prison

By KATE BRUMBACK U.S. to work as prostitutes tenced Friday. Huang and Chow and Gong man- Friday to serve two years
Associated Press Gong are from China, aged the day-to-day op- and nine months and was
ATLANTA (AP) — Two Chi- have been sentenced to while Chow is from Malay- erations, prosecutors said. ordered to forfeit a large
nese women and a Malay- sia. The three lured women of home in Johns Creek, cash,
sian man whom prosecu- federal prison. “Brothels remain a blight Asian descent from across high-end watches and de-
tors say operated a brothel in segments of our com- the U.S. to work as prosti- signer purses. Chow, also
near Atlanta that lured Court records show that munities,” U.S. Attorney tutes, arranging for them to known as Blake Wong, got
women from around the Byung J. “BJay” Pak said travel to Atlanta on com- one year and nine months,
45-year-old Xiaohong in a news release Tuesday. mercial flights on a rotat- and Gong got one year
“The prosecution of these ing basis roughly every 10 and three months.
Huang, 59-year-old Chan defendants, the seizure of days, prosecutors said. In court filings before the
significant assets, and the Huang advertised the three were sentenced,
Kong Chow and 54-year- dedication of law enforce- brothel online and by word- their lawyers said their cli-
ment resources in target- of-mouth and used check- ents’ actions were not as
old Biyun Gong were sen- ing this long-running crimi- ing accounts to launder serious as prosecutors as-
nal scheme are a warning more than $150,000 in il- serted. A lawyer for Gong
for others engaged in this legal proceeds from the noted she had only arrived
conduct.” brothel, prosecutors said. in the U.S. in 2015, long
Huang, also known as Mi- The three pleaded guilty after the brothel began
chelle and Jenny, oper- in July to conspiring to op- operating, and that she
ated a brothel at an apart- erate an interstate pros- could most accurately be
ment complex in Doraville titution scheme involving described as a cook, not
from December 2005 money laundering. someone with any man-
through May 2017, while Huang was sentenced agement responsibility.q