WEST JORDAN, Utah, Nov. 28, 2020 (Gephardt Daily) — Crash investigators are trying to determine the cause of an early morning accident near 9200 S. Mountain View Corridor which left the driver of a lone passenger car in critical condition Saturday.
Police, fire and medical units were dispatched the scene about 2:55 a.m. with reports of a vehicle which had crashed into a barrier while headed south on Mountain View.
When first responders arrived they found the critically injured male driver pinned inside the wreckage. West Jordan’s Heavy Rescue Unit was called in and managed to free the driver after about 30 minutes.
The man was taken by ground ambulance to a waiting AirMed helicopter and then flown to Intermountain Medical Center in Murray.
Gephardt Daily will update the story as more information becomes available.
An AirMed helicopter prepares to evacuate a critically injured driver to a local trauma unit after an early morning crash on S. Mountain View Corridor Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020. Photo: Gephardt
An AirMed helicopter prepares to evacuate a critically injured driver to a local trauma unit after an early morning crash on S. Mountain View Corridor Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020. Photo: Gephardt
An AirMed helicopter prepares to evacuate a critically injured driver to a local trauma unit after an early morning crash on S. Mountain View Corridor Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020. Photo: Gephardt
West Jordan firefighters and EMTs extricate a critically injured driver from his car after an early morning crash near 9200 S. Mountain View Corridor Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020. Photo: Gephardt
West Jordan firefighters and EMTs extricate a critically injured driver from his car after an early morning crash near 9200 S. Mountain View Corridor Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020. Photo: Gephardt
West Jordan firefighters and EMTs extricate a critically injured driver from his car after an early morning crash near 9200 S. Mountain View Corridor Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020. Photo: Gephardt
West Jordan firefighters and EMTs extricate a critically injured driver from his car after an early morning crash near 9200 S. Mountain View Corridor Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020. Photo: Gephardt