Beaver, UT (October 13, 2020) – Three people were critically injured on Sunday, October 11th in a head-on collision on South Main Street.
Based on initial police reports, the accident took place in the 600 block of South Main Street at about 4:00 p.m.
Officers from the Utah Highway Patrol stated that a black Nissan Armada was heading northbound along South Main Street and, in attempting to make a lefthand turn, failed to yield the right-of-way to an oncoming blue Toyota 4Runner causing the two to crash head-on.
The two occupants of the Nissan, a male driver and a female passenger, were both transported via ambulance to Beaver Valley Hospital for emergency medical treatment of critical injuries.
The driver of the Toyota, a male in his 30s, also suffered critical injuries. The Toyota’s passenger, a young boy, was restrained in a car seat and remained unharmed during the accident.
Local law enforcement says that traffic citations are pending.
Our thoughts are with the injured victims and their families at this time. We hope for their full recovery.
Car accidents are the fourth most common cause of accidental deaths in the United States and the cause of two million crash victims sustaining injuries or a lifelong handicap.
In the state of Utah, in an average year, sees about 52,000 vehicle wrecks, 22,000 of which cause some degree of injury to their victims. Another 250 of these collisions end in at least one fatality.
When victims are injured in accidents caused by the negligence of other drivers, it is crucial that they seek legal guidance from a skilled and knowledgeable car accident attorney in Salt Lake City as soon as possible. When victims are harmed in collisions, through no fault of their own, they are often able to obtain compensation from wrongdoers to alleviate the financial costs they face for medical treatment, lost wages, property repairs, and a variety of other economic and non-economic damages.
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