A two-vehicle accident on SR-36 closed down sections of the highway and slowed Wednesday morning’s commute.
Just before 8 a.m., a white Fiat, which reportedly had been weaving in its lane, crossed out of the southbound lane and into oncoming traffic between Stansbury Parkway and Village Boulevard.
It collided with a northbound maroon SUV and caused the larger vehicle to become airborne and go off the roadway, said Sgt. Randy Riches from the Utah Highway Patrol.
“Prior to the accident, we had witnesses that said they were following the white Fiat and the white Fiat was drifting in and out of its lane,” he said.
The driver of the SUV, Nick Romano, 71, of Tooele, was airlifted to Intermountain Medical Center in Murray. An ambulance transported the driver of the Fiat, Todd Briggs, 48, of Stansbury Park, to the same hospital.
The injuries sustained in the accident were unknown, according to Riches. The southbound lane of SR-36 was closed for over an hour while crews from the North Tooele County Fire District cleaned up debris and removed the damaged vehicles.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation but a pre-existing medical condition may have caused Briggs’ erratic driving that led to the crash, Riches said.