SLC woman, elderly women killed in crashes

Published on March 11, 2010 at 08:15AM

Updated

(PINTURA) – A 25-year old Salt Lake County woman on her way to her own wedding in Las Vegas was killed in a multi-vehicle pileup north of Pintura on I-15 Wednesday afternoon. According to UHP Trooper Cameron Roden, Kristen Taylor and her husband-to-be, Gregory Bennin, were traveling southbound in a Kia Spectrum at about 12:30pm, when they stopped behind a semi due to poor visibility and then were rearended by a second semi. A UHP report said Bennin’s arm was seriously injured and he may lose it. Roden said a UHP Trooper, Lars Gardner was on his way to the I-15 accident from St. George, when he slammed into a vehicle and killed 71-year old, Karen Gummow and her sister, 75-year old, Ila Moore, who were on their way to a Relief Society meeting. The trooper was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries. North and southbound lanes on I-15 were closed for about five hours while crews cleared wreckage from the highway.