A semi truck crashed into a hill just south of Cedar City on Interstate 15, completely stopping southbound traffic for nearly an hour.
It is assumed that the heavy snowstorm, stretching from Salt Lake City to Leeds, contributed to the accident. Roads remain very slick with snow.
The highway patrol, Iron County sheriff, Hurricane and New Harmony fire and rescue and an ambulance responded to the accident at mile marker 26.
Many St. George residents are currently driving home from northern Utah after the Thanksgiving holiday. Drivers should exercise extreme caution on the roads.
Tracie McFarlin is an assistant editor and the Northern Utah correspondent for St. George News. She served as a staff writer since St. George News' founding in 2010.
Tracie graduated from Dixie State College in May 2011 with a bachelor's in professional and technical writing. She began her journalism career as a reporter and copy editor for the student newspaper at Riverside Community College (Riverside, Calif). She wrote for the Desert Valley Times (Mesquite, Nev.) and Mesquite Local News before coming to St. George News. In her spare time Tracie reads fantasy literature, plays video games, and spends time with her husband.
