Posts tagged speed

• A Sober Reminder to Drive Safely in Bad Weather

  Bret Hanna | June 08, 2011 10:36 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A tragic legal saga came to an end yesterday in a Richfield courtroom in the wake of a deadly April 29, 2010, accident on Interstate 70. Sgt. Franco Aguilar, a Sevier County sheriff's officer, was...

• Utah Highway Patrol Releases Dash Cam Video Of Fatal Accident Involving One Of Its Own

  Bret Hanna | April 27, 2010 10:53 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  I did a post last month about several accidents that led to a final fatal accident miles away. Terrible weather on March 10th along the I-15 corridor north of St. George was cited as a contributing...

• Utah Highway Patrol Issues Plea for Trooper Safety to Motorists

  Bret Hanna | January 13, 2010 10:12 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In the last two months, sixteen UHP troopers have been struck by vehicles while on the job and eight cruisers have been totaled. In response, several of the injured troopers held a press conference...

• Increased Speed Limits have not Decreased Safety

  Bret Hanna | October 22, 2009 10:03 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Toward the end of last year, the speed limit on two stretches of Interstate 15 in southern Utah was raised from 75 m.p.h. to 80 m.p.h. The stretches total about 18 miles and run between Kanosh and...

• Winter Driving is Upon Us

  Bret Hanna | October 05, 2009 10:56 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  As a semi tractor and trailer crested the summit in Parley's Canyon on Interstate 80 early this morning, it struck a patch of ice and the driver lost control. The truck rolled off the roadway, down...

• Speed Kills Another Utahn

  Bret Hanna | September 21, 2009 6:14 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 53-year-old Winnemucca man driving at a high rate of speed on Interstate 80 in Nevada lost control of his BMW and hit a van yesterday afternoon. The impact caused the van to roll several times...

• Excessive Speed Causes Crash that Snarls Morning Commute

  Bret Hanna | September 16, 2009 10:52 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  At about 7:15 a.m. this morning, a pickup truck flying through heavy traffic on I-15 caused an accident that brought morning northbound commuter to a standstill. The driver was headed through the...

• Tragic Accident Kills Four Teens Near Soldier Summit

  Bret Hanna | September 01, 2009 10:38 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Four teens got into a car and slipped into the darkness early Sunday morning for what appears to be a joy ride. Unfortunately, that joy ride ended with an accident that killed all four. The accident...

• Deadly Semi-Car Crash Snarls Traffic but Who is at Fault?

  Bret Hanna | August 27, 2009 5:40 PM | 1 CommentSalt Lake City, UT Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Bangerter Highway was closed for hours this morning because of a deadly crash that occurred at about 4:45 a.m. A West Jordan Police spokesperson said that 31-year old Phillip Nielsen was driving a...

• Five Semi Rollover Accidents in July is Five Too Many

  Bret Hanna | August 25, 2009 11:08 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Utah saw five semi rollover accidents during a one week period in July and most were avoidable. In chronological order, the accidents were: July 9th - a Cadillac ran into a semi on Interstate...