Automobile Accidents

• Excessive Speed Causes Crash that Snarls Morning Commute

  Bret Hanna | September 16, 2009 10:52 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  At about 7:15 a.m. this morning, a pickup truck flying through heavy traffic on I-15 caused an accident that brought morning northbound commuter to a standstill. The driver was headed through the...

• Distracted Driver Kills Another Utahn

  Bret Hanna | September 04, 2009 4:12 AM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  An 80-year-old woman died earlier this week after she was struck by a small truck while she was walking through a Shopko parking lot in Logan. Barbara McGregor Hales, a retired Utah State University...

• Tragic Accident Kills Four Teens Near Soldier Summit

  Bret Hanna | September 01, 2009 10:38 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Four teens got into a car and slipped into the darkness early Sunday morning for what appears to be a joy ride. Unfortunately, that joy ride ended with an accident that killed all four. The accident...

• Street Racing is Crazy

  Bret Hanna | September 01, 2009 12:12 PM | 1 CommentSalt Lake City, UT

  I blogged yesterday about a horrible street racing accident in Big Cottonwood Canyon last Thursday night that critically injured a father and son. Since looking into that accident, I have discovered...

• Police Suspect Street Racing in Accident that Critically Injured Two

  Bret Hanna | August 31, 2009 7:41 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Police now think that an accident that occurred last Thursday night in Big Cottonwood Canyon involved street racing. The driver of a Lotus lost control on a curve, overcorrected and crossed the...

• Safety Tips for Runners and Cyclists on the Roads

  Mark Williams | August 28, 2009 1:32 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  It is very easy to get caught up in the exhilaration of a run or a bike ride, and to forget the dangers we face while sharing the road with cars. We were reminded of this again through a recent...

• High Speed Four-Car Crash That Injured Four Was Avoidable

  Bret Hanna | August 25, 2009 9:41 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  An Expedition traveling east at a high rate speed on Bangerter Highway Monday afternoon slammed into the back of GMC Yukon. The impact pushed the Expedition into oncoming traffic where it was...

• Tragic Accident During Utah Bicycle Event- Was it Avoidable?

  Mark Williams | August 23, 2009 6:15 PM | 5 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Five cyclists were injured during a popular road cycling event this last Saturday, the 1,000 Warriors Bicycle Race. The amateur race gives non-professionals the chance to ride the same course as the...

• Boy Hit in Crosswalk is Improving-- Driver Cited for DUI

  Mark Williams | August 23, 2009 5:16 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  As a follow-up to my last blog relating to an allegedly impaired driver hitting a family in a crosswalk near a school, we are happy to report that the 4-year-old boy who initially was in critical...

• Texting and Drinking Implicated in Friday Accident and a Thought

  Bret Hanna | August 19, 2009 10:35 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs has been illegal as long as anyone can remember but during its last session, the Utah Legislature passed a law also making it illegal to text while...