Firefighters in Salt Lake City conducted a heavy rescue operation on September 18 to extricate a person trapped in a pickup truck lodged under a semi-truck on I-80 Westbound. According to a September 18 report from Citizen, the incident occurred near S 700 E & I-80.
The incident resulted in significant traffic disruption, leaving only one lane open in the area. Multiple accidents were also reported near the site of the collision.
Radio communications from the Utah Highway Patrol indicated that units were responding to the scene on September 18. One transmission noted the presence of a concrete truck and a dump truck or dump bed hauler involved in the incident.