Two teens, 13 and 14 years old, struck and seriously injured by vehicle in hit and run on South West Temple Street in Salt Lake City, Utah
SLCPD investigates 2 hit-and-run incidents, 1 fatal
The second investigation started at 4:48 a.m. Sunday after dispatch was alerted to “two people down on the ground near 1300 S. West Temple, in the Ballpark neighborhood of Salt Lake City. An off-duty SLCPD lieutenant happened to be in the area and immediately responded.”
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