6 injured after pickup truck rolls down mountainside in American Fork Canyon


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AMERICAN FORK — Several people were injured when a pickup truck with six people inside rolled off a steep mountain road in American Fork Canyon early Thursday morning, officials said.

The truck was on Silver Lake Road above Tibble Fork Reservoir around 12:15 a.m. when the driver failed to negotiate a curve, according to a tweet from Utah County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Spencer Cannon.

The truck rolled 100 yards down a mountain.

Two people were airlifted to Utah Valley Hospital — a male passenger in his 20s in critical condition and a female passenger in her 20s in serious condition.

Another person was taken to American Fork Hospital in serious condition.

Three others were treated at the scene.

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Linda Williams is KSL.com's early morning web producer. She joined KSL.com after many years at KSL TV. Linda graduated with a communications degree from Brigham Young University and now calls Idaho home.

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