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SALT LAKE CITY — Eight of the 10 Sorenson Communications employees injured in a "major collision" on April 8 in Austin, Texas, have been released from the hospital.
Eleven people were injured in the crash, 10 of whom were employees of the Salt Lake City-based company Sorenson Communications, who were gathered near a food truck when two vehicles collided at a nearby intersection. One car struck the food truck and those who were gathered there.
"Sorenson is pleased to report that eight of the 10 original Sorenson employees who were transported to Austin, Texas, hospitals over the weekend following a horrific accident Friday night have now been released," public relations director Ann Bardsley said in a statement. "Two employees remain in the hospital."
Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services tweeted last Friday that two of the victims had potentially life-threatening injuries, seven received injuries that were not life-threatening and two didn't require hospitalization.
Sorenson is a communication device company for the deaf and hard of hearing, and had sent employees to attend a DeafNation expo in Austin.
Bardsley said that preliminary reports indicate that there may have been "failures to provide appropriate interpreting accommodations for Deaf victims and witnesses," and that when the company was made aware of the issue, it "proactively deployed resources to meet those needs."
"We acknowledge the ongoing impact of this traumatic event on many people, and our Sorenson colleagues who were impacted continue to have our full support," the statement read.
Bardsley said that the company will provide updates when more information is made available.
