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SALT LAKE CITY — Big Cottonwood Canyon reopened after a head-on crash with serious injuries Saturday morning.
The crash occurred near Storm Mountain, according to Unified police. The canyon was closed at about 7:06 a.m. but was reopened by 8:31 a.m., according to a tweet by Unified police.
Detective Kevin Mallory with the Unified Police Department said they heard about a crash at 4:03 a.m. near 5600 E. Big Cottonwood Canyon Road.
He said one person involved in the crash had serious injuries and is considered to be in critical condition. The person was transported by ambulance to a hospital. Another person involved had minor injuries.
One of the vehicles caught on fire due to the accident, and Mallory said fire crews were able to put out the fire.
He said because there was a severe injury, an accident reconstruction team was working at the scene Saturday morning to evaluate the crash.
