MURRAY, Utah, Nov. 20, 2018 (Gephardt Daily) — Two people are in critical condition after a wrong-way crash on I-15 near 5300 South in Murray.
Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Brett Nigbur told Gephardt Daily the collision happened about 2:20 a.m. Tuesday when a Toyota SUV driving northbound in the southbound lanes hit a white cargo van head-on.
Both vehicles were traveling at freeway speeds at the time of the crash and both drivers had to be freed from their vehicles with the ‘jaws of life.’
Two men — 30 to 40-years old — were taken by ground ambulance to Intermountain Medical Center in Murray.
Nigbur said the wrong-way was being investigated for possible DUI, noting the keys to his vehicle were dangling from the trunk of the SUV.
The southbound lanes of I-15 hit were reopened in time for the morning commute, but not before a UHP ‘ride-along’ observer from the Kaysville Police Department was struck by a passing vehicle.
She was taken to IMC with a “non-life threatening leg injury” according to a Tweet by the UHP.
