Crash victims asking hit-and-run driver to come forward


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TAYLORSVILLE — A hit-and-run crash on a busy freeway sent two women and a child to the hospital. Two days later, they still don’t know who caused the crash that sent them spinning across five lanes of traffic.

Thursday afternoon, Lisa Rowley was driving on I-215 South with her friend and two nieces in the car. She was getting ready to exit onto Redwood Road when her friend became concerned.

“I saw the black SUV just coming into our lane and I said, ‘Lisa, watch out,’ ” Heather Dutson said.

But the SUV kept coming. It clipped the driver’s side and sent the car into a spin.

“He hit us, and it spun us clear across all five lanes; and we ended up hitting the barrier,” Rowley said.

“When I was spinning I was just praying, ‘Please don't let us flip, please; and don't let us get T-boned,’ ” Dutson said.

When the car finally came to a stop, the only thing 10-year-old Kendra Harvey could think about was her little sister, 9-year-old Makayla Harvey.

“I unbuckled, opened my door and went over to sissy's side,” Kendra said. “She was crying, so I opened the door, let her out and grabbed her hat.”

Everyone except Kendra was taken to the hospital. Rowley tore the ligaments and tendons in her neck and wrist, Dutson suffered a sprained knee and a sprained arm, and Makayla, whose leg was injured, spent the night at Primary Children’s Hospital.

The most upsetting part of the crash, the women say, was that the driver who caused it never even slowed down.

“He didn't even stop, didn't care,” Rowley said.

Unfortunately, the only description police have of the vehicle is that it was a black SUV, and it probably has some damage to the passenger side. Utah Highway Patrol troopers said they're hoping the driver will decide to do the right thing and turn himself or herself in.

That’s what Dutson is hoping for as well.

“Just, please, turn yourself in,” she said. “You hurt people. You could have killed people.”

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