Motorcyclist 'extremely critical' after crash in Little Cottonwood Canyon

A motorcyclist was critically injured Sunday after crashing in Little Cottonwood Canyon, police said.

A motorcyclist was critically injured Sunday after crashing in Little Cottonwood Canyon, police said. (Laura Seitz, Deseret News)


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LITTLE COTTONWOOD CANYON — A motorcyclist was critically injured Sunday after crashing in Little Cottonwood Canyon, police said.

About 3 p.m., witnesses reported the rider was going "very fast" up state Route 201 when he lost control and crashed, Unified Police Sgt. Melody Cutler said.

No other vehicles were involved in the crash.

The rider, described only as in his 20s, was taken to a hospital in "extremely" critical condition, Cutler said.

A crash analysis reconstruction team was investigating.

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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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