SALT LAKE COUNTY, Utah, March 25, 2018 (Gephardt Daily) — Officials are investigating the possibility that a suspect in a stolen vehicle may have been responsible for the Sunday morning rollover crash on Bangerter Highway that killed a woman and sent two more people to the hospital in critical condition.
At about 11:40 a.m. Sunday, a white Jeep Cherokee was heading east on California Avenue at the intersection of Bangerter Highway, according to a Utah Highway Patrol news release.
“It appears the Jeep ran the red light at a high rate of speed and T-boned a red Chevrolet Sonic passenger car on the driver side,” the release says.
“The Chevrolet rolled off the road toward the northeast and the Jeep spun backward striking the light pole and rolled onto its side.”
When the Jeep rolled, a female passenger was ejected and fatally injured.
Before the crash occurred, the release states, an officer with the Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife, made contact with the driver of the white Jeep Cherokee regarding possible criminal activity.
According to the release, the DNR officer made contact on the frontage road near the Lee Kay Center, and the suspect fled.
The DNR officer lost sight of the Jeep as it turned from 5600 West to go east on California.
Later Sunday night, investigators were still working to confirm the identity of the deceased female, as well as the white Jeep Cherokee being listed as stolen.
The Utah Highway Patrol Major Accident Investigation Team, the State Bureau of Investigation and the Medical Examiner’s Officer were all called to the scene.
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