HIGHLAND — The father of The 5 Browns, recently convicted of sexually abusing his daughters, has been involved in a second traffic accident in less than three weeks.
Keith Brown, 55, was cited for improper lane change Thursday after police say the convertible BMW 330ci he was driving, drifted into another lane of travel in Highland on state Route 92 near state Route 74, causing a second vehicle vehicle to hit him.
When police talked to Brown, he said "he did not remember" the accident, according to a Lone Peak Police Department report.
The 17-year-old driver of the other car told police that Brown "turned in front of him, causing him to hit" him, the report states.
Neither Brown nor the teen suffered serious injuries.
On Feb. 17, Brown pleaded guilty to sodomy on a child, a first-degree felony, and two counts of sex abuse of a child, a second-degree felony. He admitted to sexually abusing his three daughters when they were young.
Brown is the father of The 5 Browns, a popular classical piano-playing group of two brothers and three sisters. His daughters are now in the their mid-20s to early-30s.
Just four days before he pleaded guilty in court, he was involved in another accident in Little Cottonwood Canyon. Brown was driving a Porsche when he reportedly tried to avoid a rock in the road, the turbos in his car kicked in, and his car went sailing off the canyon road, plummeting into Little Cottonwood Creek about 500 feet below.
He suffered injuries, as well as his wife, 54-year-old Lisa Brown, who was in the passenger seat and was seriously injured. She has since been released from the hospital.
Brown is scheduled to be sentenced on his sex abuse conviction on March 31. Prosecutors were expected to recommend that he spend 10 years to life in prison.
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