Woman dies of injuries in Ogden auto-pedestrian accident

An SUV struck a man and woman in an Ogden sidewalk Thursday night, fatally injuring the woman and sending her companion to the hospital.

Ogden police Lt. Tim Scott said Tiffany Phipps, 32, died of severe head trauma just before midnight at McKay-Dee Hospital.

Scott said Friday that the couple were crossing the intersection of Wall Avenue and Binford Street at 6:46 p.m. when a northbound Jeep Wrangler hit them. Phipps took the brunt of the collision with the front of the vehicle; the 25-year-old man escaped with foot and ankle injuries caused by contact with the Jeep’s tire.

Scott said there were no indications that either alcohol or speeding were factors, though gusty winds at the time had disabled traffic signals and were blowing debris through the intersection.