SPRINGVILLE — The occupants of a pickup truck that ran out of gas on I-15 Thursday called a ride-share service to come pick them up, leading to a five-car crash on the freeway.
The pickup truck became stranded just after 4 p.m. near Springville, stopping in the left shoulder of the southbound lanes, according to Utah Highway Patrol. They used a ride-share app to summon a car to pick them up — but the driver of that car arrived on the opposite side of the freeway.
The ride-share driver cut across all southbound lanes of the freeway to get to the stranded passengers and was hit by another pickup in the high occupancy lane, UHP said. The crash caused the ride-share car to overturn and come to rest upside-down in the second lane.
A semitractor-trailer driving in the second lane slowed down suddenly to avoid hitting the car and was hit from behind by another semitrailer pulling double dump trailers, according to UHP. A second pickup truck, attempting to avoid the crash, then hit one of the dump trailers.
The ride-share driver received minor injuries from the crash, police said. None of the others involved were injured.