Mother, son killed, 3 others critically injured in Spanish Fork Canyon - KSL.com
SPANISH FORK — A mother and her young son were killed and three others critically injured in a two-car crash in Spanish Fork Canyon Saturday . The Jacobsen family was reportedly driving home to Cleveland, Utah, after attending a high school rodeo... According to the Utah Highway Patrol, a 25-year-old woman attempted to make a left turn off state-Route 89 near Thistle to go west on state-Route 6, but pulled out in front of the Jacobsen's Dodge 3500 pickup that was also hauling a horse trailer... Utah Highway Patrol trooper Joshua White said the pickup tried to avoid the other vehicle but ended up clipping the car's front corner panel. When the truck hit the bottom of the ravine, the long horse trailer slammed into and crushed the back of the pickup, White said. Landon, Jacobsen, 38, Heather's husband and the driver, and their 16-year-old son Bowdie Jacobsen, who was in the left rear passenger seat, were transported to a local hospital in critical condition. White said the three horses were seriously injured, but were able to move on their own power into another trailer that was sent to collect the animals. Neither drugs, alcohol nor weather were believed to have contributed to the crash, though White said investigators did not know Sunday why the woman pulled out in front of the pickup. Source: www.ksl.com
