Crashes in Logan Canyon

There have been at least four road closing crashes and one fatality in the last week in Logan Canyon. 

On April 14, heading East, approximately three miles west of Tony Grove on the river bend, there was a snow plow and vehicle accident.  Five to six inches of snow on the road and it was snowing hard. Winds were blowing with white out conditions entering Logan Canyon. Heading towards Garden City all vehicles were redirected by police into Beaver Ski Resort to wait for two jackknife trailers to be cleared ahead. 

On April 15, a semi jack knifed in the snow and it closed traffic, no one was seriously injured. 

On April 17, there were two accidents, one was a tractor trailer  hauling onions which rolled over. Contents were sprayed on the side of the road. Emergency crews had traffic stopped, and backed up while turning the trailer right side up. After that they had directed traffic to one lane while the wrecker was hooking up the trailer. 

Later at 6 p.m. a pickup truck was rolled over in the Logan River. The accident, in the area of Mile 473,  involved serious injuries, with at least one person unresponsive.   It took over an hour to clear the road.

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — (UPDATE 8:34 p.m.) -- A witness told 2News that a Dodge truck with two men inside was driving "erratically" as it passed them westbound in Logan Canyon.

A few minutes later, the witness came across the truck, upside down in the Logan River at mile marker 473.5.

People who came upon the crash used a crowbar to get the truck open. They hooked a chain up to a semi truck that stopped to help get the men out.

There was initial confusion about who was driving, but an off-duty Logan police officer says the fatality was the driver.

The passenger, from West Valley City, was seen walking around , acting loudly before he was seated, uncuffed, in the back of a police vehicle.

The passenger was heard saying the driver was dead. The canyon was closed at Right Hand Fork for about an hour.