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ST. GEORGE — A crash involving four sports utility vehicles resulted in multiple injuries and forced the closure of both sides of Bluff Street between blocks 500 and 600 early Thursday.
St. George police officer Forrest Vanwest looked at the aftermath of the crash — a tire and debris strewn across a closed Bluff Street. Without the traffic, it was unusually quiet, save for the voices of the first responders. All airbags were deployed in the three most-damaged vehicles. Among the combined six people in the four vehicles, two were severely injured but still able to speak with the rescuers.
As he walked away, even while still trying to piece together the cause of the crash, Vanwest was able to come to a quick conclusion. "Hey, seat belts save lives," he said.
The crash happened about 12:30 p.m. and involved a black GMC Envoy with two aboard, a silver-white Ford Edge with two passengers and a white Toyota Highlander that rested about 50 yards from the other two vehicles with a driver as its only passenger. During the crash, a tire came off one of the vehicles, rolled and hit a fourth vehicle, a white SUV, officer Tiffany Mitchell with St. George police said.
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