BOTHWELL, UT – Seven people were hospitalized after a rollover crash on I-84 around midnight Wednesday near Bothwell.
For reasons unclear, the driver of a white Mercedes Sprinter van was traveling west when he lost control of the vehicle and drifted off the road, KSL TV 5 reported.
The impact caused five people to be thrown from the vehicle, and the van rolled over. The front seat passenger, a 21-year-old man, and the driver, a woman in her 40s, was not ejected.
The ejected occupants consisted of a 19-year-old woman, a 46-year-old man, a 12-year-old girl, a 14- or 15-year-old girl, and a 17-year-old boy.
All the victims, whose names were not released, were hospitalized.
Officials said the 17-year-old boy, a 19-year-old woman, and a 46-year-old suffered severe injuries, while three people sustained moderate injuries.
The three who sustained moderate injuries were the driver, the front-seat passenger, and the 14/15-year-old girl.
The 12-year-old girl suffered minor injuries.
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