Police say reckless driving is responsible for crash that blocked I-15 just after rush hour – St George News

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Scene of crash on Interstate 15 northbound off Green Springs Drive, Washington City, Utah January 10, 2022 | Photo by Chris Reed, St. George News

WASHINGTON CITY – Three of the four lanes of Interstate 15 northbound were blocked off Green Springs Drive Monday morning after a pickup truck crashed into the off-ramp barrier and overturned.

Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Lars Gardner told St. George News that a white Chevy pickup struck the airbag on the left side of Exit 10 around 9 a.m. and then rolled over.

“This was a reckless driving incident. The driver hit the attenuator and rolled over, ”Gardner said, noting that no other vehicle was involved and the driver was the sole occupant of the truck.

All lanes of traffic except the expressway were blocked as a result of the crash, causing a setback of about a tenth of a mile.

The crash was resolved at 9:50 a.m. and Gardner said the driver was transported from the site to St. George’s Regional Hospital.

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Chris Reed is editor and weekend reporter for St. George News. He regularly moved east after growing up among girls in the San Fernando Valley in Southern California. He graduated from Cal State Northridge before spending a decade in Las Vegas. As a sports journalist and editor, he has previously compared shoe sizes with Shaq. As a journalist and editor, he has covered parades, triumphs and tragedies. He also once got close to the stars while advertising a space mod builder. He came to St. George out of love and learned to love the community. He is the proud father of two boys, his youngest being a champion against autism and type 1 diabetes.

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