In April 2023, a man was critically injured in Midvale, UT, after being hit by a truck. According to Desert News, the man was about halfway through a crosswalk when the truck drove through a red light and struck him. Experts have investigated the incident and believe sunlight may have played a role. Utah Pedestrian …
Statistics on Side Impact Collisions According to stats provided by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), in 2016, there were 5,866 deaths from single passenger vehicle and multi-passenger vehicle T-bone crashes. This figure represents 25 percent of all fatal car crashes that year. In fact, it was the second most lethal type of accident, …
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), over 391,000 individuals were injured in car accidents caused by distracted drivers during 2015. In 2016, over 3,450 people lost their lives in automobile accidents caused by drivers who are distracted behind the wheel. Although cellular phones are a leading culprit of distracted driving car accidents, …
Utah’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit has recovered and average of $11M per year for the time period 2007 – 2011. Other states with similarly sized recovery programs recouped an average of $3M annually for that time period. Why does this matter? Because Medicaid fraud affects all of us — individually as consumers of Medicaid services and …
Midvale, UT (February 12, 2019) – A bicyclist was hit and killed in Midvale Monday night while entering onto Center Street. When first responders reported to the scene, they found the victim unconscious and not breathing. The first responders attempted to perform CPR, but it was unsuccessful. The bicyclist was pronounced dead at the scene. …
