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Steven T. Parker killed in accident on I-215

Date: 
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Area: 
Salt Lake City, UT

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.

Victim of Pleasant View auto-pedestrian accident identified

Date: 
Monday, November 25, 2013
Area: 
Salt Lake City, UT

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.

Rollover closes northbound lanes of I-15 in Utah County, Utah

Date: 
Monday, November 25, 2013
Area: 
Salt Lake City, UT
A woman escaped with non-life threatening injuries after being ejected during a rollover crash on Interstate 15 near the Point of the Mountain on Tuesday morning. The Utah Highway Patrol stated that the woman, whose identity and age were not immediately released, was speeding southbound on I-15 at 8:51 a.m. when she reportedly sideswiped another car. Her Ford Mustang then went out-of-control into the median and then crashed into a concrete barrier wall and rolled into the northbound lanes.

Two Men Charged With Murder After Bizarre Traffic Accident

Date: 
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Area: 
Salt Lake City, UT

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.

Kay Marie Matthews, 42, and Brady Kyle Simons, 19, dead after head-on crash on U.S. 89 in Gunnison, Utah

Date: 
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Area: 
Salt Lake City, UT
The Utah Highway Patrol said a 19-year-old Sanpete County man remained in critical condition Wednesday, two days after a head-on collision. A U.H.P. spokesperson said there had been no change in the status of Brady Kyle Simons, who remained at an unspecified hospital after being evacuated from the crash site Monday morning by medical helicopter. He was in intensive care.

Chet Atkinson, 26, killed in rollover crash on Highway 36 near Preston, ID

Date: 
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Area: 
Salt Lake City, UT
A 26-year-old Utah man has been killed in a single-vehicle rollover in Idaho. The Idaho State Patrol says Chet Atkinson of Weston died in the crash on Highway 36 near Preston about 6:40 p.m. Sunday. Troopers say he was headed east in a Dodge pickup truck when he drifted off the south side of the highway near mile marker 132. Investigators say he apparently over-corrected before he crashed through a guard rail and rolled down an embankment. Atkinson was not wearing a seat belt. He was ejected from the truck and died at the scene. The accident remains under investigation.