Little Cottonwood Canyon closed due to rollover, fire
Jun 10, 2024, 9:09 AM | Updated: 2:40 pm
Little Cottonwood Canyon is pictured on Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021, in Sandy. (Shafkat Anowar/Deseret News)
(Shafkat Anowar/Deseret News)
SALT LAKE CITY — SR-210 in Little Cottonwood Canyon was closed due to a rollover crash and a fire on Monday morning. It has since been temporarily reopened. However, UDOT said that an “intermittent closure” will happen when a tow truck arrives to remove the overturned vehicle.
Little Cottonwood Canyon rollover leads to fire
In an X post by the Utah Department of Transportation, photos showed smoke billowing from an overturned vehicle as emergency responders worked.
🚧 #RoadClosureAlert 🚧 #SR210 is temporarily closed due to a crash & fire.
— UDOT Cottonwood Canyons (@UDOTcottonwoods) June 10, 2024
📍: Gate Buttress (MP 5.2)@UPDSL @UtahDOT @FireAuthority on the scene.
‼️NO ETO@UDOTTRAFFIC @UDOTRegionTwo @AltaCentral @AltaSkiArea @SnowbirdAlerts @CHCity @sandycityutah @WasatchBCAlli pic.twitter.com/8lNArWKdSM
KSL Traffic’s Heather Kelly posted on X that the crash happened near Lisa Falls, initially closing eastbound traffic in Little Cottonwood Canyon.
The vehicle caught fire, igniting some nearby trees and later closing the whole road.
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In Kelly’s video, smoke can be seen billowing from the trees.
Smoke is now visibile on the hill where a rollover crash occurred on Little Cottonwood canyon. The cab of the construction vehicle caught fire along woth some trees near Lisa Falls. pic.twitter.com/UHR5Q5otOd
— Heather Kelly (@KSLHeatherKelly) June 10, 2024
UDOT, Unified Fire Authorities, and Unified Police Department officials are responding.
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