Motorcycle crash with possible semi-truck involvement, Salt Lake City UT


A motorcycle crashed in the area near Truck Village Drive and 600 South, Salt Lake City. Witnesses report the motorcycle was down on the lane and may have hit the back of a semi-truck. There are marks and debris across the road lanes. Investigators are checking if the semi-truck was involved.
Audio|Source: Salt Lake City / County Police, Fire and UHP
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to the motorcycle was tapping into them, so I just didn't see anything with adjacent.
00:05
And she said the motorcycle ended up in the lane directly behind her after that lay down, so I just don't see it going over where that semi-was.
00:15
Okay, Connie, because some of the witnesses said that either lost control after they collided and the fight either hit into the back of the semi.
00:27
Like, the semi, like you said, the semi would be a victim in that case.
00:31
But if the semi's on a curve, it's got three trailers, I don't think if a bite hit the back trailer, and there's no way you can feel it, but I don't think you knew.
00:44
But there is a mark with metal scraping and, like, plastic on the road that goes across all the lanes into the left shoulder.
00:53
And then it sounds like a friend drag the bikes back across the right shoulder.
00:58
So we're trying to find those drag marks across all lanes when they took it from the left to the right again.
01:03
Okay, yeah, let me know.
01:05
I can add just a, like, semi as unknown, but
01:09
included so that, you know,
01:11
whatever, I haven't seen a witness statement, so we just need to be as accurate as we can and not leave any possibilities out in case, you know, litigation or whatever.
01:20
But we'll try to figure out, yeah, I would include the semi is what I'm saying.
01:25
Okay, yeah, right now I have her as V1, and then he's gonna be, the motorcycle's gonna be V2, and then trailer will be V3.
01:33
Yeah, perfect.
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W Village, Salt Lake City, UT 84108
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