The commute on the I-15 northbound was slow Wednesday morning due to a Utah auto accident involving four cars. The accident occurred a t around 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 in Tooele, Utah, reports the Salt Lake Tribune.
According to the story, a minivan was following too closely and swerved to avoid the car in front of it and hit a Toyota pickup truck. The Toyota then rear-ended a larger Dodge pickup. The Dodge then hit a Honda CR-V. The minivan caught on fire shortly after the initial collision.
There were no serious injuries reported but details continue to come in on this story. The crash closed the two left-hand lanes for a short time.
In my experience, most rear-end collisions happen because the following motorist is “following too close.” Drivers need to remember the “two second” rule that they learned in driver’s ed so that they are never too close to the car in front of them. We may never know why the car in front of us is stopping or slowing, but we are required under Utah’s traffic rules to be ready to avoid that collision. It is never a good defense that the person in front of us stopped too quickly. If we had been following the rules of the road, we would be prepared for such a contingency.
Ron Kramer is a Utah personal injury lawyer with years of experience representing the injured in the state of Utah.
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