Wrong-way crash on S.R. 201 leaves 5 injured

A crash involving a wrong-way driver on the 2100 South freeway left five people injured Wednesday night, the Utah Highway Patrol reported.

A crash involving a wrong-way driver on the 2100 South freeway left five people injured Wednesday night, the Utah Highway Patrol reported. (Shutterstock)


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WEST VALLEY CITY — A wrong-way crash on state Route 201 late Wednesday left five people injured, one critically.

The crash occurred about 11:45 p.m. as a van traveled west in the eastbound travel lanes, Utah Highway Patrol Lt. Wayde Breur said.

The van hit a vehicle head-on, causing the car to spin and hit an eastbound pickup truck.

The driver of the car was taken to a hospital with critical injuries. Four other people were seriously injured, Breur said. Three needed to be extricated from their vehicles.

The driver of the wrong-way van is being investigated for intoxication, according to the lieutenant.

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Ashley Imlay, KSLAshley Imlay
Ashley Imlay is an evening news manager for KSL. A lifelong Utahn, Ashley has also worked as a reporter for the Deseret News and is a graduate of Dixie State University.

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