ST. GEORGE — One woman was transported to the hospital Wednesday afternoon after a collision occurred at the intersection of 1000 East and St. George Boulevard.
At about 12:15 p.m., a woman driving a red Toyota passenger car was traveling eastbound on St. George Boulevard and had merged into the left turning lane to head north on 1000 East. The yellow arrow was flashing, signifying for left-turn travel to yield, St. George Police Capt. Gordon McCracken said.
At the same time, a woman driving a white Ford car was traveling westbound on St. George Boulevard and, as she proceeded into the intersection, the red Toyota turned left and collided with her vehicle, McCracken said.
“Sgt. Fuller was in his car right here and saw the whole thing happen,” McCracken said. “That is a rare occurrence.”
Blake Rizzo, 18, said he was making a left turn when the accident occurred and saw the red car broadside the other vehicle. Rizzo said it scared him because he used to race go-karts and sprint cars.
Southbound travel on 1000 East — except for the right turning lane — and all westbound lanes on St. George Boulevard around the accident were closed for about 20 minutes.
Gold Cross Ambulance transported the driver of the red car to Dixie Regional Medical Center.
Both cars had to be towed from the scene.
This report is based on preliminary information provided by responders on scene and may not contain the full scope of findings.
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There have been a number of these lately ,
And I would like it if they interviewed the distracted drivers who cause the events .
It would be interesting to see if there is a common denominator or just a bunch of random spaced out people .
Neither…it was an elderly driver confused by a blinking yellow light who did not yield (red car) and turned left in front of the white car who had a green light.
The common denominator is people not paying attention while driving, nothing more.
I would think it is a large bunch of spaced out people. You could bet, yellow blinking arrow did not even register.
Yellow blinking arrow means SLAM INTO THE NEAREST CAR ASAP.
When are they going to wake up and realize that those blinking yellow arrows are very confusing and are to blame for many crashes (injury’s,and deaths)
Aw, come on ladies! Quit getting into accidents. You’re giving our sex a bad name.
Steve, you must be a liberal. Actually, if people would just educate themselves as to the meaning of the “blinking yellow arrow,” it wouldn’t be such a problem. Ignorance of traffic laws and ignorance of the meaning of traffic signals shall never be a valid excuse for accidents. If driving is really that confusing for someone, then they need to stay off the roads.
Back in the 40s and 50s when a lot of stg folks learned to drive they didn’t have fanciful things like blinking arrows…