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Teenager Killed in Early-morning Crash
On a Sunday morning in late November, a 17-year-old boy was killed at 3:30 am. He and his companion, also juvenile, were traveling south of Lapoint very early in the morning, when the car slid off a dirt road. According to KSL News, Uintah County Sheriff' Cpl. Brian...
Winter Announcement, Drive Safely!
Utah Department of Transportation is giving out official warnings to travelers to watch out for re-striping trucks through the winter. Because the lane paint on part of the freeway has been accidentally ripped off by snowplows, the city of Salt Lake has put out...
Mother and daughter dead in Tooele crash
The truism to always wear a seatbelt held true when Sloane Ackman, 49, and Trista Ackman, 29, were rear-ended and pronounced dead at the scene outside Tooele on Tuesday, November 27. The 16-year-old driver of the black SUV for whom the mother and daughter pair braked...
Kevin Arledge dies in Spanish Fork car accident
Kevin Arledge, 43, of Provo, died Sunday, November 18, when he swerved into oncoming traffic on US 6 in Spanish Fork Canyon. His Oldsmobile crashed into a semitrailer, and Arledge was pronounced dead at the scene. Arledge was involved in his Utah County community,...
Pedestrian Homeless Man Killed by Car
Recently in South Salt Lake, a sedan-style car hit a homeless man and his motorized wheelchair. The victim, Raymond Nielson, was 59 years old. He regularly traveled on 700 East, pulling or pushing a small cart containing his belongings. On his regular route,...
Young Motorcyclist Joseph Dale Thomas Killed in Clearfield
In late 2012, 22-year-old motorcyclist, Joseph Thomas, collided with a vehicle as the car was turning left out of a gas station in Clearfield. The police think that perhaps speed may have been a factor, because Thomas had just come down the off ramp from state Route...
Utah Hit-and-Run Accident Kills Cyclist
A cyclist was killed Thursday night in an apparent hit-and-run accident. Officers were called to the scene around 6:30 pm where the downed cyclist was in critical condition. The 25-year-old was transported to the hospital and there pronounced dead. Witnesses describe...
Semitrailer Rollover Injures 3; SUV Driver Pinned Under Vehicle
Two separate vehicle accidents happened Thursday in which several individuals were injured. In one incident, a truck traveling in Spanish Fork Canyon in Utah rolled over the jersey barrier and onto the railroad tracks below. Three individuals in the truck, all of whom...
Cyclist Hit at I-15 & 9000 South in Sandy
A cyclist was hit this morning while riding eastbound along 9000 South in Sandy. According to KSL, the cyclist went against a traffic light at the eastbound-to-northbound ramp to I-15 and was struck by a pickup truck. The cyclist, whose name was not given, received...
Justice Sought for Eric Peterson
In what appears to be an accident that possibly could have been avoided multiple times, Eric Peterson and his girlfriend were struck in their vehicle by a purported drunk driver while sitting at a red light Sunday morning. Peterson is now in a coma on life support,...