According to Gary Mower who is a research analyst for the Utah Highway Safety Office, the Fourth of July holiday weekend always had more fatal auto accidents than any other time of the year.
This year there were at least 11 traffic deaths and several others are still in critical condition. This compares to 2008 when there were 12 and last year 10 deaths.
This year there were two major accidents, both of which could have been avoided.
The first took place on Interstate 80 when a car was travelling the wrong way and collided with an SUV. Three people in the SUV were killed.
The second happened on Route 191 when someone tried to overtake and the result was a head on collision between a sports car and a minivan. Four people in the minivan died and the two in the sports car which burst into flames on impact.
