Quick Facts:
Where: The accident occurred on Interstate 80 near Grantsville, Utah.
What Happened: Two tractor-trailers, a passenger vehicle and a police patrol vehicle collided under unknown conditions.
Participants:
- Driver of tractor-trailer
- Driver of second tractor-trailer
- Driver of passenger vehicle
- Driver of police patrol vehicle
Reported Injuries/Fatalities:
- Three people, vehicle unknown, injured
Details:
On or about Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022, around 10:00 in the morning, a major accident with two tractor-trailers, a passenger vehicle, and a police patrol car sent three individuals to the hospital. Troopers from the UHP said the accident was reported along Interstate 80 just outside Grantsville, Utah.
Law enforcement spokespeople said three as-of-yet unidentified individuals were injured when two tractor-trailers, a police vehicle, and a passenger vehicle collided in a chain-reaction accident. Officials did not specify what may have started the chain-reaction accident. Emergency responders transported three people from the scene to a nearby hospital with unspecified injuries stemming from the collision. Police did not specify which vehicle or vehicles the victims were in at the time of the accident.
According to Google Maps, Interstate 80 winds east and west through Grantsville.
Police are still working to determine what happened in the accident.