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Spencer W. Gardner, 28, and Andrew J. Harrie, 30, killed in crash on June 9 on Interstate 80.

Date: 
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Area: 
Salt Lake City, UT

Two Taylorsville men died from injuries sustained in an early Monday morning crash on Interstate 80 near the Salt Lake-Tooele county line.

The Utah Highway Patrol identified the victims as Spencer W. Gardner, 28, and Andrew J. Harrie, 30.

About 3:30 a.m. Monday, Gardner was driving his black 2006 Scion eastbound when he drifted off the freeway and rolled about 10 miles west of Salt Lake City.

The cause of the crash was under investigation, but troopers were considering the possibility that Gardner fell asleep at the wheel.

Michaela Martin, 18, Hardinger Cruz, 17, and Randy Ruiz, 14, killed and driver Jonathan Ulises Analco-Cruz, 23, injured in crash into pond after driver flees police near Salt Lake City Airport in Utah

Date: 
Friday, May 16, 2014
Area: 
Salt Lake City, UT
Investigators have identified one of the three people who died in a rollover crash near the Salt Lake City International Airport. Michaela Martin, 18, of Taylorsville and two boys died Saturday after their vehicle flipped into a retention pond at the end of a chase on Interstate 80, according to the Utah Highway Patrol. The 24-year-old driver of the black Volkswagen, who survived, allegedly sped out of a parking garage at the airport at about 5 a.m. and would not stop for an airport police officer, according to UHP Lt. Jeff Nigber.

Anthony Rodriguez, 35, in critical condition at a hospital, after being struck by a car at an intersection in Taylorville, while trying to help people involved in an earlier accident.

Date: 
Monday, March 10, 2014
Area: 
Salt Lake City, UT

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.

3-year-old Zane Thurber killed, two others injured, taken to hospital, after 5 vehicle crash at intersection in Salt Lake County.

Date: 
Friday, January 24, 2014
Area: 
Salt Lake City, UT

A five car accident in Taylorsville injured two and took the life of a 3-year-old boy Saturday night.

A truck collided with a car that was stopped at a red light on 5400 South 1300 West, causing a chain reaction crash involving five cars.

The driver of the truck, later identified as Manuel de Jesus Guinea 55, then got out of his vehicle and attempted to blend in with the crowd. But he was grabbed by a citizen and held until police arrived and took him into custody Lt. Justin Hoyal of the Unified Police Department said.

Ben Pearson, 54, suffers medical issue, crashes truck into house, injuring three in Taylorsville, Utah

Date: 
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Area: 
Salt Lake City, UT
Three men were taken to the hospital after a truck hauling a trailer filled with construction equipment smashed through the picture window of a home at 5784 Ferron Circle in Taylorsville. It happened just before 2 p.m. when family members say Ben Pearson, 54, potentially blacked out while driving and smashed into the house where Dean Rottini, his dog Nicki and his friend Tommy Gonzales were watching TV.