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A motorist died Sunday in American Fork when his car drifted into oncoming traffic.
Police did not disclose the name of the 33-year-old man on Sunday. About 5:14 p.m., he was driving a car east on Pioneer Crossing near Main Street. The car drifted right and drove over a raised median covered with shrubs, said American Fork police.
A pickup truck traveling west struck the car broadside, killing the driver. The pickup truck’s driver suffered minor injuries.
Police are investigating whether the 33-year-old man was distracted.
Two people are in critical condition following a wreck on Interstate 80 Saturday morning. Police say a black car was headed down Parley's Canyon when the driver lost control of the vehicle.
The car crashed into a semi truck and troopers had to extricate both the driver and passenger from the vehicle.The two people were taken to the hospital in critical condition. Officers say speed and wet roads caused the crash.
The Utah Highway Patrol is reporting that parts of Highway 6 near Spanish Fork had to be shut down Saturday night due to a car accident. Troopers say a woman drove off the road and crashed into a power line.
Several other power lines collapsed, causing officials to shut down the highway. The road was closed in both directions until the downed power lines were removed. Officials have now re-opened the highway.
A car sliding out of control Wednesday afternoon led to a toppled semi trailer and major delays in Utah County.
At about 3:20 p.m., a white northbound car slammed into the right wall on the side of Interstate 15 between Provo and Springville, the Utah Highway Patrol Trooper said. The car then slide across the freeway and hit the left barriers. As the car was coming to a stop in the middle of the freeway, a semi trailer hauling Xerox copies swerved to miss it and fell over.
A carjacking in West Valley City ended in a crash with a police car in downtown Salt Lake City Friday afternoon.
About half-a-dozen Salt Lake City and West Valley City police cars ended up surrounding the stolen vehicle near a Phillips 66 station at 300 West and 400 South about 1 p.m.
Salt Lake City police confirmed that officers had to deploy their Tasers to take the male suspect into custody, but not until after he tried to drive out of the station parking lot by repeatedly ramming an unmarked police car and then fought with officers trying to arrest him.