OREM — Family members of a Utah Valley University student injured in a Tuesday morning accident are weighing whether to keep their daughter on life support.
Utah Highway Patrol trooper Cameron Roden said earlier Tuesday that the family was making a decision "whether to let her go."
Amanda Clifford, 20, of Lindon, was in a car headed south on I-15 in the far right lane. Witnesses said it looked like she was cut off about 8 a.m., just north of the 800 North exit in Orem, Roden said. Her car went out of control and ended up swerving into the lane to her left. She was then hit on the driver's side of her Honda Civic by a semitrailer, Roden said.
The semi and the Honda ended up toward the right, but still in the middle of the road, Roden said.
The freeway was closed for 10 to 15 minutes while a medical helicopter landed and took her to Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in critical condition.
The tractor-trailer driver was not injured, nor was he cited.
Roden said they still have no information about the vehicle they believe may have cut the woman off.
Officers believe the woman was traveling to UVU, where she had a 9 a.m. class.
— Sara Israelsen-Hartley