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All nine people critically injured in a two-vehicle crash near Wellington were expected to make a full recovery, Utah Highway Patrol troopers said Sunday.
A Chevrolet truck was westbound on State Route 6 in Carbon County — about 11 miles east of Wellington — about 5:05 p.m. Saturday when one of the tires on the truck separated, the UHP reported.
The truck veered to the right, then back to the left into eastbound traffic, where it was T-boned by an oncoming Nissan Pathfinder.
Utah Highway Patrol says a fatal accident occurred about 3:10 p.m. Thursday near the mouth of Parleys Canyon.
Steven T. Parker, 46, died after veering his 2005 black Cadillac Escalade SUV off northbound I-215 East by the ramp to take I-80 east. The vehicle went up an embankment, vaulted over the bridge at 3000 South and hit a light pole before landing on the northside embankment of westbound I-80 and catching on fire.
Police have identified a man who was fatally struck by a car on a dark and busy Pleasant View road over the weekend.
Pleasant View Police stated Eric James Johannes, 46, of Ogden, died on Sunday of injuries he sustained Saturday night when he was hit by a car as he attempted to cross 2700 North near 600 West.
"This all is still under investigation, but our witness statements and evidence are pointing toward no charges being filed against the driver at this time," police said.
Preliminary indications are that an icy section of roadway contributed to a crash that killed a 90-year-old Tremonton man.
The Utah Highway Patrol said Wednesday that troopers continued to investigate the Tuesday afternoon accident in Logan Canyon. However, motorists told UHP that the area of the Logan Canyon road where Gordon Larson’s Buick LeSabre went out of control, near Temple Fork Road, was slippery at the time of the 4:20 p.m. crash.
Larson, who was heading down the canyon about 15 miles east of Logan, plunged down an embankment into the river, landing upside down.
An SUV struck a man and woman in an Ogden sidewalk Thursday night, fatally injuring the woman and sending her companion to the hospital.
Ogden police Lt. Tim Scott said Tiffany Phipps, 32, died of severe head trauma just before midnight at McKay-Dee Hospital.
Two men are behind bars Tuesday after a bizarre murder that led to a dramatic crash near downtown Orem.
At first it looked like a simple accident, but once cops started digging a little deeper they realized this was a case of cold blooded murder.
Officers were dispatched to a traffic accident in the area of 200 E. 800 N. The caller was a homeowner in the area who had heard the accident and went outside to see what it was.