At approximately 2:42 p.m. on March 20, at milepost 273 SR-6 in Emery County. A 2006 Audi was eastbound on SR-6 when the male driver got distracted after he dropped his phone. As he leaned down to get the phone, the Audi drifted across the double yellow lines and sideswiped a 20 foot double axle trailer that was being towed by a pickup truck. The Audi spun around and collided nearly head on with another passenger car. The third passenger car was driven by a female in her 20’s.
The female in her 20’s was trapped in the vehicle and then extricated. She was transported via an air medical unit to a Northern hospital in critical condition. Another female in her 40’s in that third vehicle was transported via ground ambulance. The two occupants in the Audi were uninjured.
The Audi caught fire and fire units were on scene to put the fire out. All occupants in the pickup truck were uninjured reported the highway patrol.
In an unrelated incident on Friday evening at approximately 6:57 p.m. a car headed northbound on SR-10 noticed smoke coming from his vehicle. He pulled over to the side of the road and exited the vehicle. The vehicle was then consumed in flames. Fire departments from Cleveland, Elmo, Castle Dale and Huntington responded to the scene where they extinguished the fire.
An ambulance responded and the man was checked out in the ambulance but appeared to not suffer any injuries according to the firemen. The car was a total loss.
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