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Crowd lifts car from person hit by speeding driver in West Valley City

Aug 8, 2022, 10:07 AM | Updated: Dec 29, 2022, 11:28 am
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WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah — A driver is under arrest and one person is hospitalized after an accident Sunday night off of Redwood Road and 4000 South.

West Valley City Police Lt. Julie Jorgensen said a driver was traveling northbound on Redwood Road when he crashed through a retaining wall and then into the parking lot of the Redwood Apartments. Witnesses said that the driver was speeding when the crash happened.

Police said that there was a group of people standing in the apartment parking lot who scattered when the car approached. But one adult male was hit and run over by the driver.

The remaining crowd reportedly lifted the car off the the crash victim, who was later hospitalized with serious, non-life-threatening injuries.

The driver has been identified as Gabriel Yates. He was suspected of driving under the influence and was booked into the Salt Lake County jail.

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