Ambulance crash injures eleven.

Date: 07/28/2012
Time: Night
Location: Hurricane, Utah
Vehicle(s) Involved: Ambulance, Dodge Caravan

By ABC4

"HURRICANE CITY, Utah (ABC 4 News) - A Hildale/Colorado City Ambulance crashed into a Dodge Caravan and injured eleven on Saturday night.

According to Utah Highway Patrol, the ambulance was transporting a stroke victim, Ben Barlow, to Dixie Regional Hospital. EMT Lizzie Barlow of Colorado City was driving, and the patient's wife Martha Barlow was also in the ambulance, along with other EMTs and paramedics.

Officials say the minivan, driven by Christian Affolter of Switzerland, was traveling through the intersection of State Road 9 on a green light and began to turn left when the ambulance entered the intersection and t-boned the minivan.

Of the three passengers in the minivan, 8-year-old Serena Affolter sustained the majority of the impact and suffered extremely critical injuries. The other passengers, Daniela Affolter and 12-year-old Nicola Affolter, also suffered serious injuries. Serena was life flighted to University Medical Center in Las Vegas.

The passengers in the ambulance also sustained injuries, including a dislocated shoulder, officials say.

Ambulance driver Lizzie Barlow was issued a citation for traffic control signal violation."

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Two injured in Box Elder crash.

Date: 05/30/2011
Time: Afternoon
Location: Snowville, Utah
Vehicle(s) Involved: Ford F-150

By ABC4

"SNOWVILLE, Utah (ABC 4 News) - A man and two boys were sent to area hospitals Monday following a rollover on Interstate 84.

Utah Highway Patrol said when entering a curve, the driver of a Ford F150 drifted off the roadway to the left into the median. The driver, 26-year-old Jason L. Smith, of West Valley City, overcorrected back to the right across the road and off to the right side.

The vehicle went down an embankment and rolled 3 times coming to a rest on its wheels facing east. All three people in the car were wearing seat belts.

Smith had a large cut on his head, A 10-year-old boy suffered a hand injury and an 11-year-old boy was uninjured. Smith was transported by ambulance to an Ogden hospital and the two boys were taken by ambulance to Bear River Valley Hospital.

UHP says this crash is proof yet again that seat belts save lives."

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Single vehicle fatal crash in Fillmore.

Date: 12/03/2011
Time: Around 5:15 A.M.
Location: Fillmore, Utah
Vehicle(s) Involved: Honda Odyssey

By ABC4

"FILLMORE, Utah (ABC 4 News) - On Saturday morning December 3, 2011, at approximately 5:15am, a single vehicle fatal crash occurred on I-15 at mile marker 167 in Fillmore, Utah.

The driver of a Honda Odyssey van was traveling Southbound on the snow packed roadway when he began to lose control of his vehicle. The van slid off the right side of the roadway and onto the shoulder area where it struck a light pole on the driver's side door.

The driver of the van, Ulises Medina, age 42, from West Jordan, Utah, was killed instantly when the vehicle struck the light pole.

Medina had 4 other family members in the car including his wife, age 29, his mother, age 60, and his two children ages 2 and 4 years old. All 4 passengers were taken by ambulance to Fillmore Hospital with minor injuries.

Luckily, the 2 children were buckled up in car seats and the three adults were all restrained with seat belts.

Speed does appear to be a factor in this crash.

No traffic lanes were closed while this crash was investigated.

This incident is still under investigation."

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Car crashes down 300-foot cliff, kills 2, injures 1.

Date: 09/22/2012
Time: Morning
Location: Washington, Utah
Vehicle(s) Involved: Unknown vehicle

By Amy Joi O'Donoghue - KSL


"WASHINGTON FIELDS, WASHINGTON COUNTY  — Witnesses say a trio of adults were drinking Friday night and then driving erratically in a small car without headlights on before the mangled wreckage was discovered early Saturday morning at the bottom of a 300-foot cliff.
Sheriff's Underdeputy Bart Bailey would only confirm two people died as the result of the horrific crash in a popular camping and ATV area on Bureau of Land Management property southeast of the Washington town. He did say a third occupant of the car — believed by witnesses to be a woman — was taken to Dixie Regional Medical Center for injuries likely to be severe.
Witnesses, however, said the trio — estimated to be between ages 26 and 32  — hung out with them at their campsite Friday night, where they shared some beers.
Afterward, the car was traveling erratically and without its lights on as it sped along dirt roads in pitch dark.
Another witness said the woman who survived was apparently knocked out for hours but was able to call for help from her cell phone when she regained consciousness this morning.
Authorities believe it will be days before they are able to retrieve the car, which landed on its top and was smashed into pieces. It may be that a crane will have to be used to pluck the wreckage from the deep ravine.
The sheriff's office has not said if the bodies of the two killed have been retrieved, nor have they released other details pertinent to the crash."

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North Logan man dies after rolling vehicle near Clarkston.

Date: 08/30/2011
Time: 5:15 P.M.
Location: Clarkston, Utah
Vehicle(s) Involved: Jeep Cherokee

By Cache Valley Daily

"A 45-year-old North Logan man died after rolling his 1998 Jeep Cherokee near Clarkston at approximately 5:20 p.m. Tuesday. The driver, identified as Michael S. Winn, was not wearing a seat belt and was alone in the vehicle.

According to the Utah Highway Patrol, Winn was traveling too fast when he took a turn on State Route 142 around 5:20 p.m. The Jeep was headed northbound and drifted across the center line to the left, exited the road and overturned. The vehicle rolled several times and Winn was ejected from it, said Utah Highway Patrol Cpl. Todd Johnson.

Winn was transported to Cache Valley Specialty Hospital where he was later pronounced dead."

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