Every year before Thanksgiving we pause and remember a Uintah Basin fallen officer. Uintah County Detective Cpl. Kevin Orr was in a helicopter accident 18 years ago on November 21st, 2006, while assisting with a search for a missing woman. Utahsfallen.org shares that as Detective Orr was coordinating the search from the air, the helicopter struck a power cable near the town of Jensen and plunged into the Green River. The civilian pilot was critically injured but recovered. Detective Orr was airlifted to LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. The next day, November 22nd, 2006, Orr passed away as a result of his injuries, leaving behind a wife and young family. At the time of his death, Detective Orr had been part of the Uintah County Sheriff’s Office team for 11 years. Detective Kevin Orr’s sacrifice in the line of duty will never be forgotten.
