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KEARNS — A driver was dealing with a possible felony cost after police stated he drove away from an harm crash Thursday after which fled from an officer who tried to cease him.
In accordance with Unified Police Sgt. Bruce Huntington, the crash occurred round 4 p.m. Thursday on the intersection of 5400 South and 4220 West.
Brandon Younger instructed KSL-TV he was southbound on 4220 West, and the sunshine had been inexperienced for some time. He was caught unexpectedly by a white sedan that blew by a pink gentle whereas going east.
“It was pure pink,” Younger stated of the sunshine going the opposite path. “All the opposite automobiles had stopped and kablam.”
Surveillance digicam footage from a neighboring enterprise appeared to indicate the white automotive approaching the pink gentle at a excessive fee of pace earlier than driving into the intersection by the shoulder of the street.
“She screamed, ‘Go, get out of right here, go,'” Younger recalled of the passenger of the white automotive after the crash. “So the wheels screeched, he hopped the curb and took off.”
The video confirmed the white automotive driving down the sidewalk and again onto the street. A Unified police SUV that was stopped westbound flipped round and commenced to go after the automotive with lights flashing and a siren working.
“The officer tried to drag it over, and it clearly fled from the officer,” Huntington stated. “(The driving force) ran the pink gentle at this intersection at (5400 South and 4000 West) to go north on fortieth after which simply pulled over.”
Huntington stated each occupants of the sedan additionally suffered accidents within the crash.
He stated officers discovered an open container of alcohol and a firearm within the automobile. Nonetheless, it was not believed that intoxication performed an element, and he stated the motive force was legally possessing the gun.
Police stated the motive force was a person in his 30s, and he was booked on suspicion of felony fleeing and misdemeanor leaving the scene of an harm crash.
“If he would have stayed on scene, he in all probability would have simply obtained a quotation for working a pink gentle,” Huntington stated.
Huntington stated the person provided no cause for driving by the pink gentle on the time of the collision, police stated.
Younger stated his truck was totaled and he needed to go to the hospital for accidents suffered in the course of the crash. He stated he nonetheless was very stiff and sore Friday, however he was grateful the scenario did not finish even worse.
“Seeing that officer being at that intersection and make that U-turn to go after him simply — peace simply came to visit me.”
Younger stated he believed he had been protected that day, and despite the fact that he did not like seat belts, he was sporting one on the time of the crash.
“I wasn’t a fan earlier than, however I’m now,” Younger stated. “It saved me.”
I may have had children within the automotive that might have been lifeless and so they would not have cared — they simply have been leaving. It is actually been a surprising wake-up name for me.
–Brandon Younger
He stated the ordeal underscored why you will need to decelerate slightly and look each methods when driving by an intersection. Younger additionally could not think about why the motive force did not cease.
“I may have had children within the automotive that might have been lifeless and so they would not have cared — they simply have been leaving,” Younger stated. “It is actually been a surprising wake-up name for me.”
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