Woman injured in rollover down lava rock embankment

Written by Drew Allred
February 25, 2014
Rollover off Pioneer Parkway, Santa Clara, Utah, Feb 25, 2014 | Photo by Drew Allred, St. George News

SANTA CLARA — A woman was transported to the emergency room with head injuries after her car rolled  down an approximately 25-30-foot lava rock embankment, landing right side up at the base of the slope.

At approximately 4:10 p.m. Santa Clara/Ivins Police Department responded to the accident on a stretch of Pioneer Parkway that runs through some lava fields, about 1 mile southeast of Lava Ridge Intermediate School.

Rollover off Pioneer Parkway, Santa Clara, Utah, Feb 25, 2014 | Photo by Drew Allred, St. George News
Rollover off Pioneer Parkway, Santa Clara, Utah, Feb 25, 2014 | Photo by Drew Allred, St. George News

The woman was driving a Honda Pilot eastward, Officer Chad Holt said, and it appears that she failed to follow the bend in the road and kept going straight. Police did not suspect any impairment or anything particular contributing to the accident and there were no passengers.

“She proceeded approximately 100 yards off the road,” Holt said, “… and then she went off the embankment.”

The woman was transported to the emergency room at the Dixie Regional Medical Center with lacerations to her head. She also complained of back and rib pain, Holt said, and doesn’t remember much of the accident but afterward was alert and aware of what was going on.

Because of the location of the vehicle at the bottom of the embankment near the Santa Clara River, it took tow trucks quite some time to drag the vehicle out so they could put it on the truck and tow it away.

This report is based on preliminary information provided by law enforcement responding to the accident and may not contain the full scope of findings.

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Rollover Tuesday off Pioneer Parkway, Santa Clara, Utah, Feb 25, 2014 | Photo by Drew Allred, St. George News
Rollover Tuesday off Pioneer Parkway, Santa Clara, Utah, Feb 25, 2014 | Photo by Drew Allred, St. George News

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Drew Allred spent his childhood in Washington state and adolescence in northern Utah, originally moving to St. George to attend Dixie State University. Drew graduated with a writing degree, fell in love with Southern Utah, and never left. Today he claims that St. George is the first place that’s ever felt like home. When he’s not rock climbing or exploring the desert, he manages to make a living writing and guiding.

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7 Comments

  • dzilla February 25, 2014 at 10:12 pm

    That’s too bad. Also, that’s not the Santa Clara River….

  • JOSH DALTON February 26, 2014 at 8:39 am

    Here is an idea….QUIT TEXTING AND DRIVING!!!!!!!!!!

  • JOSH DALTON February 26, 2014 at 8:39 am

    Shout out to Zion Towning! Nice cameo guys!

  • Bub February 26, 2014 at 11:40 am

    It must have been an important text. Imagine her surprise when she flew over the edge there…

  • Bub February 26, 2014 at 11:42 am

    and we hope she has a full recovery

  • Cuz Carol February 28, 2014 at 11:37 am

    Keep your idea to yourself you dumbass’s Dalton and Bub. That is someone’s daughter and MY cousin!!!!

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