The Herald Journal
(Reprinted with permission)
A 43-year-old Garden City woman was flown to Ogden Regional Hospital Wednesday morning after she was injured in a single-vehicle rollover near the summit of Logan Canyon.
Another driver passing through called 911 this morning at about 10:10 a.m. to report the crash, saying the woman behind the wheel was not doing well.
Terri L. Wahlberg was traveling southbound through the canyon near the Sinks, according to Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Cade Brenchley.
While it is clear that she drifted to the right, overcorrected to the left, and again to the right, Brenchley said it is not clear what started that chain of events.
“It might have been a medical condition or fatigue, but we just don’t know,” Brenchley said.
Her vehicle, a 2003 white Ford Expedition, landed on its wheels, but Brenchley said it required a partial extrication to get her out of the vehicle.
Wahlberg, who is married to Garden City’s Fire Chief Mike Wahlberg, was conscious and breathing at the scene of the crash but not entirely alert when medical personnel arrived about 35 minutes later.
Southbound travel was blocked for about an hour and a half, and both lanes were closed during the extrication process.
Terri L. Wahlberg was traveling southbound through the canyon near the Sinks, according to Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Cade Brenchley.
While it is clear that she drifted to the right, overcorrected to the left, and again to the right, Brenchley said it is not clear what started that chain of events.
“It might have been a medical condition or fatigue, but we just don’t know,” Brenchley said.
Her vehicle, a 2003 white Ford Expedition, landed on its wheels, but Brenchley said it required a partial extrication to get her out of the vehicle.
Wahlberg, who is married to Garden City’s Fire Chief Mike Wahlberg, was conscious and breathing at the scene of the crash but not entirely alert when medical personnel arrived about 35 minutes later.
Southbound travel was blocked for about an hour and a half, and both lanes were closed during the extrication process.
Why Don't We Get The Nearest Ambulance?
Letter to the Editor:
Here is an article about Terry Wahlberg's rollover accident in Logan Canyon
this morning: http://www.cachevalleydaily.com/news/local/article_a5039756-5f8d-11e4-aac2-0017a43b2370.html
This is such a frustrating situation. An ambulance had to come from Logan
because Terry was 1 mile into Cache County. An ambulance was paged out at 10:12
am and didn't arrive until 10:46 am. An ambulance from Garden City could have
been there in 9 minutes instead of 34 minutes. As this article states:
“Initially
she was talking a little bit,” said Brenchley. “By the time medical and law
enforcement got there she was not talking at all. However, she was conscious
and breathing, just not alert, just a blank stare."
Rich County EMS and Cache County EMS need to make the common sense and
ethical decision to work together on accidents in Logan Canyon."
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