One person was killed and four were injured in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 15 on Sunday evening.
A car traveling south on northbound Interstate 15 crashed into three other vehicles on Sunday. One person was killed. It was the second wrong-way crash that day and the 30th so far this year, according to the Utah Highway Patrol.Police received a report of a Chrysler headed south in the northbound lanes of I-15 in North Salt Lake at about 7:14 p.m. According to the UHP, the Chrysler struck a motorcycle, swerved and hit a Ford, then spun around and was struck by a Kia near 2600 North.
The motorcyclist, whose name has not been released, was killed. The driver of the wrong-way car suffered critical injuries, according to the UHP. A UHP trooper stopped a wrong-way driver on I-15 early Sunday morning. Fifteen hours earlier — at about 4:18 am. — UHP received a report of an SUV traveling south in the northbound lanes of I-15 in Salt Lake City. A UHP trooper spotted the car near 4500 South, and was able to collide with it and bring it to a stop.
Trooper Devin Hansen was treated for minor injuries at a hospital and released. The driver was treated at the scene and booked into the Salt Lake County jail for investigation of drunk driving. At 4am dispatch received a call of a wrong-way DUI driver headed southbound on I-15 at 600 south in SLC. Highway Patrol Trooper Henson didn’t hesitate. He raced northbound and sacrificed himself stop the car, saving untold lives. Fortunately he only received minor injuries.
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