Kanab police chief hit pedestrian in crosswalk, UHP says
Dec 5, 2024, 6:10 AM
FILE -- State Route 92 at Mile 21 and Mile 20 through Utah County is closed eastbound on Sunday. (KSL TV)
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KANAB — A southern Utah police chief was involved in an auto-pedestrian crash last month that left one man seriously injured, the Utah Highway Patrol confirmed.
Kanab police chief Tom Cram was driving his city-owned F-150 police vehicle on Nov. 18 just before 8:30 a.m. when he hit a 58-year-old man, UHP Lt. Cameron Roden told KSL TV.
The incident happened at the intersection of 300 South and 100 East in Kanab. Roden said Cram was turning onto 300 South when he hit the pedestrian crossing the street in a crosswalk.
According to Roden, Cram said he didn’t see the pedestrian as he turned into the sunlight. Roden said the man’s injuries “looked real severe,” and he was taken to the hospital with moderate to serious injuries.
Roden said there is no indication the pedestrian was doing anything wrong when he was hit.
Surveillance video shows the moments before a pedestrian was hit in Kanab on Nov. 18. (KSL TV)
Reached by phone Wednesday, Cram told KSL TV he “can’t really make a statement at this time” about what happened. He confirmed he remains on duty as Kanab’s police chief and has not been placed on leave.
