WASHINGTON COUNTY, Utah Sept. 18, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — A semi-truck rollover on the freeway Wednesday sent two to the hospital.
“Just before 8:30 a.m. this morning, crews were dispatched to reports of a vehicle accident involving a semi-truck on I-15 northbound at mile marker 34,” Hurricane Valley Fire & Rescue said in an afternoon news release.
“Units arrived to find a semi-truck that had rolled, and the occupants were able to exit the vehicle on their own.”
Both occupants were transported to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries.
In a message to Gephardt Daily, UHP Sgt. Battenfield said the incident began with drowsy driving.
“The FedEx truck driver fell asleep and woke up right after he bumped into the side of another semi, (causing) very minimal damage to the other semi,” Battenfield said.
“However, waking up he overcorrected and rolled the FedEx semi and the two trailers he was pulling. Both the driver and the co-driver of the FedEx truck went to the hospital as a precaution.”
The semi rollover did not impact traffic except for blocking access from the frontage road, he said.
The Washington County Sheriff’s deputies also responded and assisted at the scene.
