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Posted On: June 15, 2009 by Kenneth L. Christensen

Fiery Car v. Semi Truck Accident On I-80 Results in a Utah Wrongful Death

Date: June 13, 2009
Location: Interstate 80 near Tooele
Type: Fatal Utah accident, Utah wrongful death

A tragic accident occurred over the weekend on Interstate 80 near the border of Salt Lake and Tooele counties. According to the article entitled “UHP Locates Driver Wanted for Questioning in I-80 Wreck” from KSL News, a Dodge pickup truck was driving in the eastbound lanes around 11 a.m. Saturday afternoon. Apparently, a white pickup cut it off, causing the driver of the Dodge to lose control of the vehicle. The truck then went through an opening in the road barrier for emergency vehicles only and smashed head-on with a FedEx delivery semi truck. Both vehicles went up in flames. This left an especially dangerous scene, as the FedEx was transporting ammunition that randomly fired from the heat of the flames. The driver of the Dodge, Mark Neilson of Magna, died at the scene and the driver of the FedEx truck was critically injured.

The Utah Highway Patrol found the driver of the white truck that sparked this horrible chain of events. They say he is an elderly man from Salt Lake City. The man came in for questioning with his daughter and admitted to being near the scene of the crash, but claims he was cut off by another vehicle. UHP believes this man was driving the white pickup that cut off the Dodge pickup and did not stop at the scene of the accident. We will update this story when more news is released.

We wish the driver of the FedEx truck a healthy and quick recovery from his injuries and offer our deepest condolences to the friends and family of Mark Nielson.

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Posted In: Car and Truck Accidents , Wrongful Death Claims - Utah

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