Police: 1 dead, 1 injured in possible Mountain View Corridor DUI accident

One person is dead after an accident in South Jordan on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. Photo: Gephardt Daily/Steve Milner

SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, Jan. 23, 2019 (Gephardt Daily) — Police in South Jordan are investigating what they believe is a fatal DUI accident which happened Wednesday morning at the intersection of Lake Avenue and Mountain View Corridor.

According to a spokesman for the South Jordan Police Department, the crash took place about 10:58 a.m. when the driver of an eastbound pickup truck ran a red light and was hit by a van headed north on Mountain View Corridor.

The van’s driver — identified by police as a woman in her mid-40s — died in the crash.

The driver of the pickup was thrown from his vehicle, but is expected to survive.

Police believe the pickup truck’s driver was impaired at the time of the crash. Their investigation is ongoing.

Gephardt Daily will update the story as more information becomes available.

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