A sedan rests on the shoulder of Interstate 15 after a rollover crash in the Virgin River Gorge, Arizona, March 12, 2024 | Photo courtesy of Beaver Dam/Littlefield Fire, St. George News
ST. GEORGE — A sedan rolled over and ended up on the shoulder on southbound Interstate 15 on Tuesday night in the area just before vehicles exit the Virgin River Gorge.
Map shows location of rollover crash in the Virgin River Gorge, Arizona, March 12, 2024 | Crash graphic by iStock/Getty Images Plus, photo courtesy of Google Maps, St. George News
Authorities did not say what caused the rollover, which involved one vehicle, between mile markers 14 and 13 on I-15 about four miles from Littlefield, Arizona. The driver, the vehicle’s only passenger, was treated for minor injuries.
Along with the Arizona Department of Transportation, the Beaver Dam/Littlefield Fire Department responded.
“There was no extraction,” Jeff Hunt, chief of the fire department, said. “One male patient was taken to St. George with mild to moderate injuries.”
The vehicle’s front and side airbags deployed and its front passenger wheel was flattened.
With the vehicle resting on the dirt shoulder of the highway, traffic was not blocked, Hunt said.
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Chris Reed serves as a reporter for St. George News, where he has been honored with several awards from the Society of Professional Journalists for his work, including first-place accolades. He started his journalism career as a sports reporter and editor in Southern California where he once compared shoe sizes with Shaquille O'Neal and exchanged mix tapes with members of the Los Angeles Kings. After growing up in the San Fernando Valley learning karate skills from Mr. Miyagi and spending a decade in Las Vegas mostly avoiding the casinos, he came to St. George for love and married his soulmate, a lifetime Southern Utah resident. He is the proud father of two boys, his youngest a champion against both autism and Type 1 diabetes.
