A wrecked Chevy Cavalier sits in the middle of SR-112 Thursday morning near the Deseret Peak Complex. Witnesses at the scene said a white Ford F-350 truck swerved into the oncoming Cavalier, killing the driver and critically injuring the passenger of the car.
- photography / Maegan Burr
- photography / Maegan Burr
According to witnesses, a white Ford F-350 was traveling erratically in an eastbound direction on the road when a red four-door Chevy Cavalier approached heading west. As the two vehicles neared each other, the pickup drifted into the oncoming lane of travel. The Cavalier then locked its breaks and the truck slammed into the Cavalier head on.
The impact caused the pickup to roll onto its side off the south side of the road.
“There’s nothing left of the Cavalier,” Prescott said.
The driver of the Cavalier, whose name has not yet been released, was killed on impact. A male passenger from Lake Point suffered extremely critical internal injuries and had to be extricated from the vehicle. He was transported to Mountain West Medical Center by ambulance, due to medical helicopters being grounded by fog.
The driver of the pickup, a male from Tooele, suffered neck and back injuries, and was also transported to Mountain West Medical Center.
Alcohol was smelled on the pickup driver’s breath and beer cans were scattered all over the scene, Prescott said. Wet road conditions are not believed to have factored into the accident.
Personnel from UHP, the Tooele County Sheriff’s Office, the Tooele City Police Department, Grantsville City Police Department, North Tooele County Fire Department, and the Tooele City Fire Department responded to help redirect traffic and clean up the scene.
SR-112 between Sheep Lane and Durfee Street was closed until the damaged vehicles could be moved off the roadway.
Jamie Belnap: jamieb@tooeletranscript.com
You're obviously not a fire fighter or any kind of emergency service personnel, you sound pretty brainless and foolish yourself.
I wish the best for fire fighter driving the white truck and if you don't know the entire story, don't judge the driver. Actually, don't judge him anyway, I'm sure he's suffering enough.