PROVO, UTAH – September 5, 2015 (Gephardt Daily) – At least seven people were injured Friday night after a man suspected of impaired driving drove through barricades and into a pedestrian area full of Provo’s Roof-Top Concert goers.
According to a statement by the Provo Police Department, 46-year-old Orem resident, Kenneth Hafner, pulled through the barricades and into the restricted area just before 7 p.m.
A Provo police officer caught up to Hafner’s Chevy Suburban throwing open the passenger door and ordering him to stop. Instead, Hafner sped off, hitting and injuring the officer and a concert patron.
Hafner turned onto 100 West and drove four blocks north before slamming into another vehicle resulting in a nine car chain reaction.
Police say Hafner jumped from his Suburban and led police on a quick foot chase before being taken down about a block away.
Hafner was arrested and jailed while awaiting a variety charges. Police say has a warrant for his arrest out of California for an alleged parole violation.
