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LOGAN CANYON — Troopers responded to three accidents in Logan Canyon Monday, one of which involved rescuing a woman trapped in an upside-down vehicle in the river.
Monday morning, Utah Highway Patrol troopers responded to two accidents about a mile apart just south of Temple Fork Road on U.S. 89, according to UHP trooper Russell Handley. While on the scene of the second accident, Handley said a passing motorist stopped to tell them of a third accident further down Logan Canyon.
"(They) stopped and told us that a car had gone in the river upside down and a lady was trapped in it about a mile up from where we were at," Handley said. "When we arrived on scene, we could hear a lady inside the vehicle screaming for help."
Handley said several people were already at the scene with pry bars, attempting to get the lady out of the vehicle. He said when he got closer to the car, the screams stopped, so he broke out the back window to reach the lady; however, Handley said he had removed his tool belt to more easily climb into the vehicle and, as a result, he didn't have any equipment to cut the woman's seat belt off.
The Logan City Fire Department arrived on scene, and a firefighter was able to climb through the window and used a knife to cut the victim's seat belt. She was treated at the scene for hypothermia and was transported to the Logan Regional Hospital.
Information about the other two accidents was not immediately available. Handley said Monday served as reminder to drive slowly when traveling in canyons during the winter months.
"At this time of year, even when it's a nice clear day like this, you get into parts of the canyon where it is shady and that part of the road won't see the sun at all until the spring again," Handley said. "You just need to drive slow and be cautious and know that even though it's a nice sunny day like this, there's going to be parts of the canyon where it will be icy because of the shade."
