Footage of a critical crash involving two semi-trucks and a number of vehicles has been launched by authorities in Utah.

The crash occurred in Gransville final month. On the time, a Utah Freeway Patrol officer was on the proper of the street having stopped a semi-truck. It’s understood that an oncoming semi-truck tried to maneuver over to the left lane to offer house to the trooper however within the course of, struck a automobile in its blind spot and corrected again into the trooper’s SUV and semi-truck.

The physique digicam and dashcam of the police officer present the oncoming semi-truck hit the rear of the police SUV, pushing it into the semi that was pulled over. The semi then continued to slip down the street, flipping onto its facet, and instantly caught hearth.

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Instantly after the impression, Utah Freeway Patrol officer Sterling Saiz instantly rushed over to the destroyed truck and a automotive that it hit with a fireplace extinguisher in hand. Saiz could be seen checking that the occupants of the automobile hit had been okay and tells them to stay inside. KSL experiences that the occupants of this automotive had been transported to hospitals however their accidents weren’t life-threatening.

Authorities state that it stays necessary to comply with move-over legal guidelines within the state, despite the fact that the semi-truck driver’s try to maneuver over to offer the trooper house was the reason for the crash.

Saiz added that had he not have been shielded by the semi-truck he had pulled over, issues might have been a lot worse.

“The actual fact is all of us most likely would have been severely injured if not killed,” Saiz stated. “This example might have been a lot worse.”

Blocking crash with accidents westbound I-80 close to milepost 85. Two semi vans concerned, considered one of which rolled and caught hearth. Certainly one of our troopers was additionally concerned whereas on a visitors cease on the suitable shoulder. The trooper is just not injured. All westbound lanes closed. pic.twitter.com/6PlyMEfwKD

— Utah Freeway Patrol (@UTHighwayPatrol) March 2, 2022