SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Transportation officials have reported nearly twice as many people died in alcohol-involved crashes on Utah roads last year compared to the year before, despite less commuter traffic during the coronavirus pandemic. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that the state Department of Transportation said there were […]
On Sep. 20 a Sevier County Deputy was driving behind a vehicle on Interstate 70 when the vehicle in front of him cut across the median and almost got in an accident with a semi coming the opposite direction. The vehicle then came back across the median and pulled off […]
IONIA, Mich. (AP) — A woman has been charged with second-degree murder after a state trooper died, three weeks after a crash in western Michigan. Caleb Starr’s death was announced Friday night. He was driving in Ionia County’s Boston Township on July 10 when a vehicle crossed the center line […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say an infant was in critical condition after police rescued the boy from a submerged car in a Utah pond. Police responded around 11:15 p.m. Sunday to Golf in the Round in South Salt Lake and found a car upside down in a retention […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man with several drunk driving convictions has been sentenced to up to 15 years in prison for running over and killing a 4-year-old boy while driving drunk. Carl Wayne Johnson was sentenced after pleading guilty to automobile homicide involving DUI. Lesser charges were […]
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — A June 15 trial start has been scheduled for a Utah truck driver accused in the Nebraska crash death of a Wisconsin woman. Court records say Peterson Black, of Taylorsville, Utah, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to vehicular homicide while under the influence of alcohol. The […]
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — A truck driver has been charged with vehicular homicide and other crimes following an Interstate 80 collision in Nebraska that killed a Madison, Wisconsin, woman. Court records say Peterson Black, of Taylorsville, Utah, had been under the influence of alcohol Sunday while driving west on […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police say a man behind the wheel of a Tesla that hit another car and left three people critically injured in Utah is suspected of driving intoxicated. Police Sgt. Keith Horrocks said Monday the car’s battery burst into flames after it ran a red light […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police in Salt Lake City say a driver has been arrested on suspicion of automobile homicide and DUI after a car accident killed a 5-year-old boy. They say the child and his mother were in a crosswalk Saturday when they both were struck by an […]
A California couple is facing multiple criminal charges in Richfield after a traffic stop lead police to a large bag of marijuana Saturday. According to Richfield City Police Chief Trent Lloyd, 29 year old Branna Suri was pulled over for going 39 mph on 25 mph street. As the officer […]
