Truck driver pinned, seriously injured by shifted load in Ogden crash
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Emergency crews work to extricate a truck driver who had to slam on his brakes to avoid a snowplow making a U-turn on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022, in Ogden. The truck's load shifted and penetrated the truck cab, impaling the driver, who was hospitalized in serious condition.OGDEN — Emergency personnel used heavy equipment and a forklift to extricate a driver who was pinned and seriously injured when his truck’s load shifted during a crash Thursday, the Ogden Fire Department said.
A crash involving the truck and a snowplow at about 9:50 a.m. sent the truck veering off Hinckley Drive at about 1300 West, Ogden Deputy Fire Chief Mike Slater said. “The cargo shifted and went into the driver compartment of the semi and some beams and poles pinned the driver,” Slater said.
The driver was extricated and taken to a hospital. Ogden Police Department Lt. Michael Rounkles said the man was in serious condition.
Rounkles said the snowplow, belonging to the Utah Department of Transportation, was eastbound on Hinckley when it pulled over and began a U-turn, forcing the truck driver to slam on his brakes.
UDOT Region One spokesperson Mitch Shaw said the agency was aware of the incident but he had no further information.
A North View Fire District crew was at a medical clinic nearby and arrived first to help the driver. “It was lucky that some first-responders were right there,” Slater said.
Police, fire and road crews stayed busy again Thursday as another snowstorm hit the Wasatch Front. Agencies reported slide-offs and fender-benders.
The series of storms contributed to at least one other significant driver entrapment emergency this week. KUTV reported that a woman was impaled and seriously injured on Tuesday when her vehicle crashed into a guardrail on U.S. 89 in Farmington. Efforts to reach the Farmington fire and police departments for details were not immediately successful Thursday.
