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Thursday, December 26, 2013Area:
Salt Lake City, UTThe Wasatch County Sheriff’s Office is reporting that a 10-year-old boy died Friday in a snowmobile crash just east of Woodland in Wasatch County, near Highway 35.
Officials say the 10-year-old was driving the snowmobile with his father and lost control of snowmobile causing it to roll.
The boy suffered fatal injuries while the father sustained only minor injuries. Police say both of them were wearing helmets.
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013Area:
Salt Lake City, UTA semi truck and trailer rolled off Interstate 80 Thursday afternoon in Salt Lake County.
The westbound semi rolled off the right side of the interstate about 5:30 p.m. near the border between Salt Lake and Tooele counties, according to Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Todd Royce.
Royce did not know of any injuries. According to Royce, traffic delays were minimal due to the way the trailer slide off the road.
The accident was cleared by 10 p.m. Royce added that the trailer most likely did not open during the accident.
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Monday, November 25, 2013Area:
Salt Lake City, UTA 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.
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Saturday, November 16, 2013Area:
Salt Lake City, UTA 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.