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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — One person is dead and one wounded after a vehicle collision near Strawberry Reservoir. Utah Highway Patrol officials say the crash happened Sunday afternoon on US-40. Troopers say each vehicle was carrying two people and each had one victim pinned inside. One person was pronounced dead at the scene.
HYRUM, Utah (AP) — A 10-month-old boy is expected to recover after falling down an elevator shaft in a Hyrum home. The Herald Journal of Logan reports that the child fell 8 feet Saturday evening. The family has an elevator lift in the home for elderly occupants and the door to the lift was left open by mistake.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah residents are slamming an auto dealership's billboard ad as a sign of disrespect toward police officers. KUTV reports that Ken Garff Automotive Group in Salt Lake City is receiving major backlash on social media for the advertisements. The sign features a traffic officer next to the words, "He doesn't hear you. We do."
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The collapse of Utah's nonprofit insurance cooperative is leaving Utah hospitals with millions in unpaid claims. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Arches Mutual Insurance Co. owes $33 million that the Utah Department of Insurance says will likely remain unpaid until 2017. Former Arches founder and CEO Shaun Greene said Utah doctors and hospitals are going to be shorted a lot of money, but that could have been avoided.
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