7 injured in Draper crash, including toddler and young child
Sep 15, 2024, 9:53 PM | Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 9:37 am
DRAPER — Seven people were injured, including a 16-month-old toddler and a 6-year-old child, in a four-vehicle pileup on Interstate 15 Sunday night, according to Utah Highway Patrol.
The toddler is in critical condition, according to the UHP, and everyone else involved had minor injuries.
Agent Leo Flores with UHP said a Range Rover was going too fast for the wet conditions on the highway, and subsequently spun out and struck a wall. The car was driven by a man, and had a woman passenger and the two children in the back.
Late Sunday night, the UHP said four vehicles were involved — the Range Rover, a motorcycle, a sprinter van and a black passenger vehicle. After the Range Rover crashed, the motorcycle driver “laid it down” to avoid the crash, Flores said. The sprinter van tried to avoid the crash but hit the Range Rover, and the last passenger car lost control and hit the wall.
In all, seven people were hospitalized, including the two adults and two young children in the Range Rover.
The crash closed all northbound lanes of the interstate, and the Utah Department of Transportation said clearance time was expected Monday at 1:17 a.m.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
