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A 35-year-old Taylorsville man remained in "extremely critical condition" on Wednesday, the day after he was hit by a car while trying to help people involved in an earlier crash.
Unified Police Lt. Justin Hoyal said there had been no change in condition for Anthony Rodriguez, who was hit at 7:38 a.m. Tuesday while walking in the southbound lanes near 5225 South.
Rodriguez, who lives nearby, had just called 911 after witnessing a two-car collision in the intersection at Redwood Road and 5200 South.
A motorcyclist was in critical but improved condition Wednesday, the day after he collided with a car at a West Valley City intersection.
West Valley Deputy Police Chief Mike Powell said the 45-year-old victim’s vital signs had been stabilized, but he faced a long recovery from the severe leg injuries and head trauma he suffered in the Tuesday night accident.
A Unified Police officer who stopped to help a motorist early Friday morning was injured when his cruiser was sideswiped by a suspected drunk, hit-and-run driver on Interstate 215.
The accident call came in at 2:05 a.m. from 245 West and westbound I-215, where the UPD officer had pulled over to assist a stranded motorist, said a UPD Lt.
The officer still was inside his cruiser when a pickup truck struck the cruiser and then drove away from the scene. A Utah Highway Patrol trooper spotted the truck a short time later, pulled it over and arrested the driver.
An Idaho man died in a traffic crash during a heavy rainstorm Thursday near Wellington.
Jack Le Roy Seiber, 22, was driving a Ford Escort west on State Road 6 in Carbon County about 3 p.m. when an eastbound Toyota 4Runner lost control and crashed into Seiber’s Escort, Utah Highway Patrol reported.
Seiber, of Blackfoot, Idaho, died.
The driver of the 4Runner was not injured, but two passengers were taken to a hospital; they were expected to survive, according to police reports.
Drugs and alcohol are not believed to be factors.
A 60-year-old woman was injured Friday morning when she was ejected during a two-car crash in a Layton intersection.
The accident occurred at about 11:30 a.m. when a Chevrolet Prizm turned left in front of on oncoming Chevrolet Tahoe at Hill Field Road from Main Street, said Layton police Sgt. James Petre.
The woman, a passenger in the Prizm, was not wearing a seatbelt. She was ejected and ended up beneath the rear bumper of the Prizm, although the car’s wheels never rolled over her, Petre said.
The second auto-pedestrian accident within a week has Provo police pleading with both motorists and those on foot to exercise extra care.
Provo police said that a 23-year-old man was struck by a car just before 8 p.m. Thursday when he stepped into the intersection of 200 West and Bulldog Boulevard.
The victim had been standing on the northwest corner of the intersection and then entered a crosswalk southbound when the light turned green.
The vehicle that hit him had just made a right-hand turn and the driver did not see the man walking until it was too late.