Summit County deputy injured after stopping wrong-way driver who suffered ‘diabetic episode’
Jul 9, 2024, 8:13 AM | Updated: 6:56 pm
PARK CITY — Part of U.S. Highway 40 was temporarily closed Tuesday morning due to a wrong-way crash.
Sgt. Cameron Roden with the Utah Highway Patrol said a pickup truck was traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of U.S. 40, and state troopers, Park City police and Summit County deputies responded to stop the truck before 7 a.m.
A deputy with the Summit County Sheriff’s Office took the truck head-on at an angle at milepost 4, disabling both vehicles. That deputy was taken to an area hospital with minor injuries. The wrong-way driver and a passenger in the pickup truck were not injured in the crash. Investigators said “all indicators at this point lead to the driver experiencing a diabetic episode with low blood sugar.”
Eastbound lanes were closed for several hours while investigators were on scene. Traffic was being diverted off U.S. 40 at the Silver Summit exit and backup extended through the Interstate 80 exchange and toward Kimball Junction throughout the morning.
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