Travel trailer tips over on SR-59 near Apple Valley, temporarily blocks road

Written by Chris Reed
October 22, 2022
In a file photo for illustrative purposes only, the turn off from state Route 59, Apple Valley, Utah, Feb. 2, 2015 | Photo by Leanna Bergeron, St. George News

ST. GEORGE — The state route leading into and out of Apple Valley was temporarily blocked around noon Friday after a travel trailer tipped over.

File photo for illustrative purposes only of emergency personnel on the scene of a T-bone collision involving an SUV and a tour bus on state Route 59, Washington County, Utah, Aug. 14, 2017 | Photo by Ron Chaffin, St. George News

The incident occurred at mile marker 14 on state Route 59, also known as State Street, in the area in front of Gooseberry Mesa, southeast of Hurricane. Utah Highway Patrol trooper Joe Pastore said a travel trailer heading east experienced some kind of mechanical trouble and overturned.

“Trailer whip,” Pastore said in a text. “It was a no-injury crash.”

Pastore said delays to traffic were minor, though both sides of the two-lane street were blocked for 15-20 minutes for responders to clear the overturned trailer.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Chris Reed serves as a reporter for St. George News, where he has been honored with several awards from the Society of Professional Journalists for his work, including first-place accolades. He started his journalism career as a sports reporter and editor in Southern California where he once compared shoe sizes with Shaquille O'Neal and exchanged mix tapes with members of the Los Angeles Kings. After growing up in the San Fernando Valley learning karate skills from Mr. Miyagi and spending a decade in Las Vegas mostly avoiding the casinos, he came to St. George for love and married his soulmate, a lifetime Southern Utah resident. He is the proud father of two boys, his youngest a champion against both autism and Type 1 diabetes.

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