On Wednesday, September 9, a man from Salt Lake City died in a single vehicle accident.

According to the Washington State Patrol the accident happened on the southbound Interstate 405, just south of 70th Street at the Northeast 70th Place exit, when 36 year old Kyle David Sire lost control of his vehicle in a construction zone. He left the roadway and traveled along the shoulder then hit a temporary barrier and the vehicle rolled over coming to a standstill on the guard rail. As he was not wearing a seat belt he was ejected from his vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to witnesses he had been driving erratically before the single vehicle crash and the police are awaiting results of the autopsy and toxicology to determine whether he was suffering from a medical condition or if drugs or alcohol were a factor in the collision.

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During the Tour of Utah, when some of the top cyclists in the world were competing, Matt Bremmeier from Ireland was seriously injured.

Brammeier crashed his bicycle into one of the service vehicles and fellow cyclists said that he was travelling very fast and lost control going around a corner and was unable to brake in time. Representatives with the Tour of Utah said the vehicle was not to blame as it was in the right position on the road and called the crash an accident with neither being at fault.

Brammeier suffered broken ribs, a fractured pelvis and a punctured lung and was taken to hospital. Luckily he had no head or spinal injuries but his ribs were fractured on both sides which led to the pneumothorax. Although it is not likely he will need surgery it will take time for him to recover.

The Tour of Utah covers more than 700 miles over several stages and has teams of professional cyclist from all over the world.

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On Tuesday morning, July 21, a motorcycle accident left a man in a critical condition.

According to Salt Lake police, the accident happened at 2150 W. Indiana Avenue in Salt Lake City. A 54 year old man on his motorcycle was hit from behind by a van being driven by a 60 year old woman. At this time police do not know what caused her to hit the motorcycle. The man was ejected from the motorcycle and sustained serious head injuries and the motorcycle became lodged in the van’s bumper. Police say they believe he was wearing some type of headgear but it was difficult to tell given the state of the debris.

He was taken to hospital but his condition is unknown.

Police have not released the names of those involved and continue to investigate the accident. No charges have been filed at this time.

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On Saturday, June 20 a man died in an auto pedestrian accident in Salt Lake City.

According to Salt Lake City Police Department, the crash happened shortly before 6 a.m. in the area of Columbus Street and Victory Road. It appears that the pedestrian was walking in the southbound travel lane when he was struck by a vehicle traveling at the speed limit of 60 mph. The driver of the vehicle did not appear to be impaired in any way and cooperated with the police.

The police said that obviously it is not normal for a pedestrian to be in the travel lane but drivers should always be aware of the possibility that pedestrians or animals could be on the roadway.

The pedestrian passed away at the scene and detectives were called out to begin the investigation. Victory Road was closed for several hours while evidence was collected and the crash scene investigated.

So far the victim, a male in his mid 20s has not been identified. The driver of the vehicle who was alone in the car was uninjured.

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Following a seven day trial a Salt Lake City jury awarded $1.3 million for the wrongful death of a woman who was killed in a car crash and her family claimed the crash was due to bad road design and improper removal of snow.

The law suit was filed in 2012 and stated that 40 year old Diane Berg had tried to enter Interstate 215 in January 2011, but the merge lane was too short and her car went over the overpass, landed on its roof and she died.

Her lawyer said that the authorities had had three days to clear snowfall which had piled up, leading to a type of ramp which launched her car over the guard rail.

The state however, said that Berg could have braked and the jury reduced the award to $750,000 stating that she did bear some responsibility for the crash but that more blame did lie with the state transport authorities.

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A baby girl who was discovered in a car which fell into a freezing river in Utah is not only alive but has been released from hospital.

According to police, shortly after noon on Saturday March 7, a fisherman saw the car in the Spanish Fork River in Spanish Fork, about 50 miles south of Salt Lake City. Police believe the accident happened on Friday night when the car struck a cement barrier on the bridge and fell into the river. As it had landed under the bridge it was difficult to see from the road.

When they arrived at the scene, 25 year old Lynn Groesbeck of Springville was dead, but her daughter, who was 18 months old, was found hanging upside down strapped into her car seat just above the river which was pouring through the car. She had been there for around 14 hours in temperatures close to freezing.

Spanish Fork police have said that although they do not know why the car hit the barrier, investigators found a bag of what could be marijuana in the car, along with a bottle of assumed pain medications and an opened syringe. The results of toxicology are awaited.

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On Wednesday February 4, there was a rollover on Interstate 15 and the two men involved tried to leave the scene of the accident.

According to Utah Highway Patrol, following the rollover, a witness called dispatch telling police that the two men were trying to leave the scene and by the time UHP officers arrived they were nowhere to be found. The men were later identified as Izack D. King and Michael Barnes and they were discovered when UHP was told that someone was knocking on a door near the SunRiver neighborhood. The men were then arrested and taken to Regional Medical Center.

UHP ran the plates on the vehicle involved in the rollover and it came back as stolen. However, the owner, from Cedar City, had no idea her car was missing and could only confirm it when she checked in her garage and realized her car and her purse were missing.

King admitted to stealing the car and crashing it, driving at excessive speed and also to using the woman’s credit cards. He is being held on $33,105 bail.

Barnes admitted to using one of the credit cards but stated he did not know the car was stolen and is being held on $32,800 bail.

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A trial is underway in Elko concerning a pedestrian accident which happened seven years ago involving a van.

Lile “Cheri” Gallio, is seeking undisclosed damages from the employer of a driver involved in an accident which happened happened in April, 2008, that left her severely injured. Gallio began crossing Idaho Street on the southwest corner of Fourth Street and she was struck by an Elko Floral van.

The van driver, Weston Ferguson, stopped and Gallio was conscious but injured. She was flown to Salt Lake City for treatment for multiple fractures to her back and pelvis, hemorrhaging in her head, a torn ear, and other injuries.

The crux of the case hinges on whether the driver was at fault for inattentiveness or whether the pedestrian failed to carefully check both ways for traffic. The defense suggested in opening statements that Gallio darted out into the road, although two parked trucks parked on the curb could have blocked the line of sight.

According to police investigators Gallio admitted fault and told them she left the crosswalk however family members now say it is usual for Gallio to shoulder blame for incidents even when not responsible and under Nevada law drivers are obligated to slow down when approaching crosswalks.

A Nevada Highway Patrol officer, said he found fault with the driver, not the pedestrian however a forensic engineer for the defense said that based on the evidence he reviewed, the accident was unavoidable for the driver who would have had to slow to 15 mph to avoid hitting Gallio, some 10 mph under the speed limit.

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On Tuesday a construction worker was hit by a suspected drunken driver.

According to the Utah Highway Patrol, the accident happened on Tuesday afternoon when a contract laborer for the Utah Department of Transportation was fixing a barrier guard rail at the point where Interstate 215 connects with Interstate 80 eastbound. A woman in her 30s ran onto the shoulder, through the work zone and hit the worker. She said that she had hit some ice and skidded but there was no ice on the roadway and when police talked to her they could smell alcohol. They then searched her vehicle and found containers of alcohol. She was subsequently arrested on suspicion of DUI.

The Utah Highway Patrol went on to say that the 40 year old worker had suffered injuries that were not thought to be life threatening and was in fair condition.

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On Monday night a driver was killed in an accident in Parleys Canyon.

According to police, the accident happened just before 11 p.m. on Interstate 80 westbound near 4100 East. Two cars had slid off the road and landed in a ditch. A woman pulled over to help and parked her SUV on the right shoulder of the road. She got out of her vehicle to check on the two cars when a third vehicle, an Acura, lost control and slammed into her SUV.

The driver of the Acura, 56 year old Ronald Murrock, from Bellevue, Washington narrowly missed the woman, but was killed upon impact with her SUV. No one else was injured.

Utah Highway Patrol warned that even though she was trying to help, she should not have stopped, and instead should call 911. They highlighted that it was dangerous to stop and even more dangerous to get out of the car. They went on to say that the accident was still under investigation but that weather and speed were both factors in the accident.

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