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Two Salt Lake City police officers were seriously injured Thursday when they were involved in a traffic accident while riding their motorcycles.
Three motorcycle officers were traveling west on 500 South at about 6:10 p.m. when a gray Honda Fit changed lanes between 200 and 300 East and struck two of the bikes, said Detective Cody Lougy.
The two motorcycles crashed as a result of the collision, Lougy said. The two officers were transported to a hospital in serious condition but are expected to recover.
One person was taken to the hospital Thursday morning after an accident between a car and a motorcycle.
Officials say the Unified Police Department responded to 6200 South 4800 W. around 6:30 a.m.
Details remain unclear but officials say the person on the motorcycle was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
A 19-year-old Brigham City man — who may have fallen asleep at the wheel — died early Friday morning when his pickup truck rolled on Interstate 15 near Brigham City.
Mitchell Burton died at about 3:30 a.m. when his northbound truck drifted into the left emergency lane and onto a rumble strip, the Utah Highway Patrol reported.
Burton then over-corrected and the truck traveled back across the freeway to the right shoulder, where it rolled once, hitting a sign post.
A Cedar City woman escaped with minor injuries after her vehicle caught fire as a result of a crash Tuesday at 2:23 p.m. on northbound Interstate 15 near mile marker 61.
The woman, identified as Becky Hyde, was driving her 2002 Honda Civic to work at an after school program at Canyon View Middle School when she approached a recreational vehicle towing a car in the outside lane that was moving very slowly.
“It was like it was standing still,” said Hyde.
A Tuesday hit-and-run in Ogden put two men in the hospital and one under arrest.
Around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, a 2004 Lincoln Ls traveling northbound on Walnut Street crossed Riley Avenue and collided with two motorcycles that were traveling westbound on Riley Avenue. The driver of the Lincoln left the scene of the wreck.