Officer Charles "Gil" Porter
Division of Wildlife Resources
Date of death: May 2, 1970
Cause: Train accident

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Division of Wildlife Resources Conservation Officer Charles Gilbert "Gil" Porter, 59, was killed May 2, 1970, after he was struck by a train. Porter was checking fishing licenses along the Weber River near Stoddard when he was hit by a passing train. Witnesses said Porter apparently failed to hear the train coming because another train was passing on a parallel track. 

 
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