Rich Civic Times
GARDEN CITY, Utah. August 15, 2019. For the second time this year another semi truck crashed
into Raspberry Square at the end of Logan Road in Garden City, Utah at about
3:35 pm Thursday afternoon. Rescue and
law enforcement were there within five minutes of the crash.
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| Photos by Domenik Garcia |
Carol Ann Dyer reports that the the driver ran through the
stop sign and took out the condo garages 3-6.
Rescuers took a chainsaw and cut one of the garages open and then were
able to get into the adjoining garage where the truck had stopped and extracted
the man who seem to be alert and talking to paramedics. He was later taken to Logan Regional Hospital
by ambulance. Dyer took pictures of the
crash.
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| Photo by Carol Ann Dyer |
The giant logs that held up the Raspberry Square sign was
cut down from the last crash but in one of the photos you can see that the
truck driver hit the stump then almost went completely through the condo
garages. The truck also narrowly missed a large propane tank.
The truck was hauling chocolate milk and was driving downhill when the brakes overheated and the driver was unable to stop at the stop sign near the intersection of U.S. Highway 89 and state Route 30, Utah Highway Patrol Lt. Lee Perry said.
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| Photo by Barbara Turbow |
Many people have commented that it was very lucky this didn't happen during Raspberry Days or a day when there were lots of visitors because there might have been several lives lost.
1 comment:
If trucks lose their brakes after the Chevron station, an exit should probably be added at the bottom of the hill ending in a barrier wall with collapsible barrels.
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