Drivers on State Route 190 in Big Cottonwood Canyon were trapped in their cars for hours on Sunday afternoon after a crash shut down traffic in both directions. After getting complaints about the road shutdown, the Unified Police Department announced Tuesday that in the future, traffic won’t be stopped to remove vehicles after a crash unless gasoline or oil is leaking into the watershed.
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When I first started my journey to map out the latitudes and longitudes of Utah s food scene, it wasn t long before I got to the intersection of Holladay Boulevard and 6200 South. Despite the other developments that have emerged closer to the canyon itself, something about this cozy, arboreal section of Holladay has always felt like a true gateway to Big Cottonwood Canyon.
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SALT LAKE COUNTY A wild crash up Big Cottonwood Canyon was caught on tape, showing the moment two vehicles went right over the edge.
Everyone survived, but a woman who was trapped inside one of the vehicles had to be carefully rescued. Seeing the video of those cars going over, that would be terrifying, said Brian Anderton, a battalion chief with Unified Fire Authority. Just with a very narrow shoulder, the road drops about 75 feet down a steep embankment.
Anderton was part of the team that was called in to rescue the victims of the crash. We had a lot of concerns for the people who were involved and knew it would be technical and probably a long operation to get them out safely, he said.