Snowy roads kept Utah Highway Patrol officials busy responding to auto accidents throughout the state on Tuesday, December 22, 2009. In Davis County, Utah alone, six accidents were reported before 5 p.m.
At around 3:30 p.m., a vehicle traveling southbound on Highway 89 crashed into a concrete wall entering the Legacy Parkway overpass. The two teenage boys riding in the vehicle got out to inspect the damage when a minivan entered the overpass and hit the two boys. The boys were taken to the hospital, listed in fair condition.
According to standard.net, another Utah car accident happened on the I-15 near 200 West in Farmington, Utah. A trailer became detached from the semi-truck that was pulling it. The trailer ran off the road, dragging a car underneath it. Fortunately, the person suffered only minor injuries and did not have to be taken to the hospital. Investigators are still unclear why the trailer became detached from the semi-truck.
UHP Lt. Lee Perry said, “Everyone is speeding too fast for the conditions,” he said. “The snow is not coming down heavy, not sticking, so the plows can’t scrape anything. They are just driving at or above the speed limit.”
Ron Kramer is a Utah accident and injury lawyer with offices in Provo, Draper and Bountiful, Utah.
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