Police say 2 red-light runners cause collision on St. George Boulevard

Written by Chris Reed
January 25, 2023

ST. GEORGE — A crash between two vehicles at the corner of St. George Boulevard and 700 East that hindered traffic on both streets Tuesday afternoon resulted in two citations for each driver who ran red lights, police said. 

Aftermath of a crash between a Dodge Caravan and Mercedes sedan at the corner of St. George Boulevard and 700 East, St. George, Utah, Jan. 24, 2022 | Photo by Chris Reed, St. George News

St. George Police said the crash involved a dark gray Dodge Caravan with two women aboard and a black Mercedes, driven by a male as the sole passenger. 

The crash, which occurred around 1:30 p.m., left the front of the Mercedes smashed and sitting in the right eastbound lane of the boulevard in the middle of the intersection. The minivan rolled up on the curb of the corner to the right of the traffic light pole next to the parking lot of Morty’s. No pedestrians were hurt.

At the time of the crash, the Mercedes was westbound on St. George Boulevard and the Caravan was headed east. Police said the Mercedes collided with the Caravan as it was trying to make a turn left on 700 East. 

“Both drivers were cited for failure to obey the traffic signal,” St. George Police Officer Tiffany Mitchell said. “Both ran a red light.”

Traffic on eastbound St. George Boulevard was backed up and blocked for a time, while northbound 700 East was down to one lane.

A Gold Cross Ambulance crew came to help one of the passengers of the minivan with minor injuries that were treated at the scene. Both front airbags were deployed on the minivan while the side airbags could be seen deployed on the Mercedes.

A St. George Fire Department crew, who had just finished up a previous crash near Greater Zion Stadium, arrived to clean up the second crash, which was cleared by 2:10 p.m.

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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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