98 car crashes occurred over the New Year holidays, according to a Tweet from the Utah Highway Patrol on Jan. 1.
There were also 19 impaired drivers removed from the road, according to UHP.
Over the snow filled New Years Holiday UHP Troopers handled 98 crashes and removed 19 impaired drivers from Utah roads. Please celebrate responsibly and stay safe! pic.twitter.com/BhwAMYlUKB
— Utah Highway Patrol (@UTHighwayPatrol) January 1, 2022
Poor weather likely contributed to the high number of accidents. The weekend’s forecast called for frigid temperatures and snow, The Salt Lake Tribune reported.
The holiday weekend wasn’t Utah’s most crashes. In mid-December 2021, a snowstorm dumped up to a foot of snow in Utah’s valleys overnight, causing more than 150 wrecks and about 500 instances of vehicles sliding off the road.
Two Weber State police officers were hospitalized in that storm after they stopped on Interstate 15 to help a car that had wrecked in snowy conditions near 600 South in Salt Lake City. An oncoming car struck a vehicle behind the car that officers were assisting, causing a chain reaction that resulted in serious but survivable injuries for the officers.
from The Salt Lake Tribune https://ift.tt/3mQgyvM
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