HIGH-SPEED NORTH
SALT LAKE CRASH SENDS A CAR AND A PICKUP TRUCK UP IN FLAMES. TROOPERS SAID DRUGS OR ALCOHOL MAY HAVE BEEN
INVOLVED.
NORTH SALT LAKE, Utah – Two drivers are recovering after
a violent and fiery car accident on I-15 Thursday.
It happened in North Salt Lake in the southbound lanes
just before 5 a.m.
Troopers said a woman driving a four-door car crashed
into a pickup truck that was pulled over on the side of the road mechanical
problems.
Officials said the woman hit the truck at freeway speeds
which sent both vehicles up in flames.
Troopers said drugs or alcohol may have been involved.
UHP Sgt. Jimmy Banks said, “Yes, there was an odor of
alcohol there and there is an ongoing investigation for driving under the
influence of alcohol and both these people survived.”
The woman was taken to the hospital and officials said
charges will likely follow after she is released.
Her identity has not yet been confirmed.