Five People Injured in Three-Car Pileup

Five people were injured Tuesday when a three-car pileup occurred after a bail of hay fell off of a truck while a crew was unloading them.

A forklift was being used to lift half-ton sized bales of hay from a semi-truck on a Utah Highway. One of the bales fell onto the road and was left there for over an hour. The crew put up an orange flag as a way to direct the traffic around the hay.

A mother driving an SUV, with children, swerved around the hay and hit an on-coming Jeep. The Jeep went off the road and was then hit by a Chevy Malibu. Emergency medical services crews arrived on the scene and transported the Jeep’s driver and the SUV passengers to a local hospital.

There were six people injured in total, but only five were taken to the hospital. Whether the driver of the Malibu was hurt or not is unknown.

The Salt Lake County Accident Team along with the District Attorney’s Office is going to conduct an investigation in order to find out if any charges should be filed.