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| Photo by Carol Ann Dyer |
GARDEN CITY, Utah. August 25, 2020. These are the words of a witness to the fifth terrible crash at the intersection in the last couple of years.
"As I sit here unable to sleep, I think back on the events of the last few days. There is no earthly explanation as to why we haven’t had mass casualties. A fire with some real fireworks and now another semi truck crash. We worked through some serious moments on the fire and when the smoke cleared it turns out our training saw us through a very deadly incident without one injury.
And today a concrete pumping truck crashes where Pugstones used to be and ended up busting out the wall of the gift shop while there was at least one person inside. The driver survived! But the scary part was only an hour or so before the truck crash there were people, kids, running all over where the truck came to rest. I don’t often say these words but I thank the Lord Above for the help. We’ve been blessed as a community that these horrible incidents haven’t claimed the lives of many." Jason Wade Matthews.
Tuesday night at 7 p.m. a heavily loaded truck lost its brakes and narrowly missed hitting other cars as it plowed through town into the gift shop at Raspberry Square. Witnesses said its brakes appeared to be on fire, according to Utah Highway Patrol.
FOX NEWS 13 reported "The eastbound truck went through the intersection of U.S. Highway 89 and Bear Lake Blvd. (State Route 30) and crashed into Lighthouse Landing Gift Shop, according to Garden City Fire Chief Mike Wahlberg.
A truck driver was killed in a similar accident at the same intersection in October 2018. Three more trucks have crashed at the intersection since then: One on Aug. 15, 2019, another just five days later, and another in March of this year.
Garden City Fire Chief Mike Wahlberg told FOX 13 that there have been three other instances where trucks' brakes failed and went through the intersection, but did not result in any damage."
The Utah Department of Transportation is working to complete a runaway truck ramp, a brake check and increased signage in the area, a project which they expect will be completed sometime next month.
Carol Ann Dyer, photographer, took pictures of the five crashes.
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