Utah company mourns loss of CEO, his daughter in fatal Ogden crash

Ashley Fredde, KSL.com

OGDEN — Utah institution Lifetime Products connected Sunday announced nan decease of its CEO and president, Richard David Hendrickson, and his daughter, Sally, successful an Ogden Canyon car crash.

“Richard started arsenic a welder and progressed done aggregate levels of nan institution to go president and CEO owed to his bonzer talents and abilities. He was 1 of my astir trusted and cherished friends and will beryllium sorely missed. Lifetime will not beryllium nan aforesaid without him. My emotion and heartfelt sympathy spell retired to his beloved family,” said Barry Mower, laminitis of Lifetime Products, successful a connection released Sunday.

At astir 1 p.m. connected Saturday, nan family was eastbound successful an SUV towing a vessel up nan constrictive canyon roadworthy erstwhile it collided pinch a bulldozer being transported connected nan backmost of a motortruck heading nan other direction, Utah Highway Patrol Cpl. Jared Heywood said. The bulldozer fell disconnected nan motortruck and into nan SUV, he said.

Hendrickson’s woman and 2 of their children were besides successful nan car astatine nan clip of nan clang and sustained injuries that were not considered to beryllium life-threatening, according to Lifetime’s statement. Another girl was walking overseas and was not successful nan vehicle.

UHP has not yet released nan names of those progressive successful Saturday’s crash.

Hendrickson was remembered by nan institution for his “uniquely wide and extended group of talents and interests.” Among nan talents listed were his mechanical aptitude, financial management, income expertise and management.

“Above each this, though, was his caring attraction connected people, some wrong Lifetime and among its vendors and suppliers. He was genuinely typical successful his expertise to respectfully prosecute others, sloppy of their position aliases level wrong nan proviso chain. His expertise to link pinch group bound each of his different talents together successful a very typical way,” nan institution connection reads. “His nonaccomplishment leaves america pinch an immense void successful our institution and an moreover bigger crater successful our hearts.”

In summation to his business leadership, Hendrickson served arsenic a liking president for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints successful nan Ogden Utah Pleasant Valley Stake.