After the accident in west Salt Lake County at the intersection of State Routes 201 and 202, a woman was airlifted to an area hospital in the early hour of Saturday morning.
During the accident, the 50-year-old victim was riding in a Honda Accord.
The car she was driving collided with a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck driven by a 24-year-old man.
Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Cameron Roden told Gephardt Daily that the man in the pickup had only minor injuries.
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However, after the discovery that the 50-year-old victim suffered serious harm, Roden said the roads were closed for about an hour following the collision around 7:40 a.m.
In 2020, there will be 68 recorded fatal accidents in Salt Lake County, according to Fellerwendt. Most of these accidents involved pedestrians.
Its report also states that there were about 17 fatal car crashes in Salt Lake City in 2016, an increase of 6% from the previous year.
Multiple fatalities were recorded along 300 West, 3900 South, and 600 West over a one-year period
