SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah authorities have urged residents to drive safely after stopping a vehicle traveling more than 100 mph (160 kph) during a winter storm. KUTV-TV reported Thursday that a Utah Highway Patrol trooper had an adrenaline-charged drive while trying to stop a car he clocked at 103 mph […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Residents across Utah are getting treated to a snowy Thanksgiving. The Utah Highway Patrol on Thursday morning urged motorists to wait a few hours until crews and law enforcement could clear roads. Meteorologists say areas across the state received snow overnight with more expected throughout […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Highway Patrol warned of hazardous driving conditions Wednesday, saying wet pavement contributed to four rollovers of tractor-trailer rigs on major highways. The Highway Patrol reported rollovers early Wednesday on Interstate 80 in Salt Lake City and in Summit County and on Interstate 15 […]
UHP Initial Description: At approximately 10:28 hours, a white Dodge Ram pickup was traveling eastbound on US 40 near milepost 29. Multiple witnesses stated that the vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed, above the posted speed limit. For unknown reasons, the driver of the white Dodge Ram, […]
BLUFFDALE, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a woman was struck and killed on a Utah freeway Saturday after getting out of a car driven by her boyfriend. The Utah Highway Patrol says the boyfriend was seriously injured when he tried to protect the woman by pulling his car into a […]
FARMINGTON, Utah (AP) — Authorities say two people are dead after a head-on collision in Farmington involving a vehicle travelling in the wrong direction. Utah Highway Patrol officials say the crash occurred on Legacy Parkway around 11:30 a.m. Saturday. They say the driver of the vehicle going the wrong way […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah trooper is being praised as a hero after saving a man stranded on train tracks. A dashcam video tweeted on Wednesday by the Utah Highway Patrol shows officer Ruben Correa running toward a car that had crashed on the train tracks and pulling the driver […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The fire chief of a Utah city has been killed in a head-on highway collision with two trucks. The Utah Highway Patrol says Green River Fire Chief Philip Engleman was driving on U.S. Route 6 Sunday when his car crossed over the road’s center line […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 58-year-old man who killed a Utah Highway Patrol trooper in 1978 has been approved for parole early next year. The state Board of Pardons and Parole website held a hearing Friday on Brian Keith Stack’s latest parole request and the agency’s website says parole […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on a tour bus crash in Utah that left four Chinese tourists dead (all times local): 5:50 p.m. Investigators say the driver of a tour bus that crashed in southern Utah and killed four Chinese tourists and left dozens more injured had recently […]
