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Woman in Critical Condition after Car Crash
Last Sunday in Salt Lake City, a woman was severely hurt after a truck ran into the vehicle. The man driving the Ford truck suffered an unspecified medical episode. Speculations given by Lt. Scoot White with the Salt Lake City Police Department say perhaps he had a...
Possible Truck Mechanical Malfunction Kills Man
Recently in Southern Utah, a man was killed when his car rolled onto SR-12. Investigators are not sure the time of the accident, but a passer-by found the site at 3:20 pm. Possible mechanical failure was involved. Soon after, in Draper, another rollover happened on...
Frontrunner Close Call
In North Salt Lake last Thursday, a FrontRunner train came extremely close to a collision with an SUV. The train stopped just a few feet short of a car stuck on the tracks. There were no injuries because of some incredible, safety-focused coordination. Unusual amounts...
Head-On Collision
Last Friday night, a near head-on collision in Spanish Fork closed highway SR-89 for an hour. In the snowy road conditions, an Acura traveling southward attempted to pass a slow moving vehicle near marker 301. A Dodge pickup truck was traveling the opposite direction,...
Bad Weather is Easing Up, but Not Out of the Woods
Because the bad winter weather is seemingly easing up, drivers are getting less cautious about road conditions. In Utah, while it seems the worst is over, we are not quite in the clear. Even when it does not look like snowy or icy roads, there are still frequently...
Hit and Run Driver Caught Because of Another Accident
In Salt Lake City last Friday, officers were able to arrest a hit-and-run driver because of another accident caused by a heart attack victim. A driver hit a parked car on the side of the road. Witness, Jerome LeSueur thought he might have been drunk. Then someone...
Trucking Accident
Due to a crash, all northbound lanes on Interstate 15 were closed Sunday night. Around 5:45 pm, a semitruck crashed into a cement barrier on northbound I-15 just after 12300 South Exit ramp. Utah Highway Patrol said the crash occurred probably because of slick road...
Highway Patrol Troopers in Danger
Utah Highway Patrol Troopers are usually the first to respond to Utah accidents, but in this weather, there is a pattern of them becoming the victims of collisions. Just recently, this past weekend, Lt. Lee Perry was on the side of a road helping a driver who had...
Icy Rollover Causes Death
Last Sunday morning, on Interstate-80, a couple rolled their car due to icy conditions. A patch of ice on the road caused the driver to lose control. His car slid off the left side of the road, spun 180 degrees, and then rolled onto its roof. His passenger was not...
Pedestrian Crushed by Parked Car because of Texting Driver
Last week, 18-year-old Keri Houston was pinned between her parked car and an oncoming vehicle. Witnesses Jason Hollobaugh and Robert Stoney ran out to help after hearing sounds from the crash and the victim's screams. Stoney said, "Her leg was all but completely off...