Logan canyon, UT : Tremonton woman in good condition after car rollover into river on Monday November 23 2015

A woman was transported to Logan Regional Hospital on Monday morning in good condition after the third of three car accidents within two hours in Logan Canyon, in which her car rolled over into the Logan River following a loss of control.
Thirty-eight-year-old Katie Nielson of Tremonton was traveling southbound, alone, on U.S. Highway 89 at 10:23 a.m. near milepost 478, above Ricks Spring, when she suddenly lost control of her vehicle, reported Utah Highway Patrol Lt. Lee Perry.
The vehicle took a 180-degree turn, veering off the road and rolling into the Logan River, coming to a rest on its top. Nielson was alert following the crash and was able to keep her head above the water, but was unable to release her seatbelt on her own.
Perry said one highway patrol trooper, one bystander and two firefighters arrived on the scene following the crash, quickly arriving in the area because of its close proximity to the morning’s previous two crashes.
The four worked together to extract Nielson from her vehicle safely, releasing her seatbelt and pulling her away from the freezing water.
The swift response to the crash helped contribute to Nielson’s safety, with Perry noting the result could have been more dangerous for Nielson if rescue workers hadn’t appeared when they had.
“If we hadn’t been up in the area already and we didn’t have the resources that we had on hand that quickly, this could have been a much different story,” Perry said. “With as cold as the water was, the driver might not have been able to keep her head above it for much longer. If it was only the one bystander there to try to help her out before our own workers could arrive, it may not have been enough to release her.”
Nielsen was transported to Logan Regional Hospital with signs of hypothermia and is now in good condition. Perry reported she may be released from the hospital within the day.
The accident was the third in a series of three unrelated accidents Monday morning in the canyon, which occurred within two miles and two hours of one another.
The first accident, reported at 8:52 a.m., involved a 70-year-old Weber County man traveling northbound in a maroon Dodge pickup at mile marker 476, who had hit a soft shoulder as he took a corner, rolling the vehicle onto its side.
The second was reported five minutes later above Rick’s Spring, involving a 23-year-old Rich County man traveling southbound in a 2007 blue Nissan Titan, hitting a slick spot in the shade around the corner, causing another rollover onto the side.
Perry reported neither man suffered injury aside from minor cuts. Both men were wearing seatbelts and neither were affected by high speeds or traffic.
Despite the close proximity to each other and the timing of each accident, the three crashes were deemed unrelated with no single unifying factor contributing to each crash.
It was a freak coincidence,” Perry said. “The vehicles were traveling in different directions, none of them appeared to have been speeding, there wasn’t much traffic in the area, and the road itself wasn’t unusually slick. It’s hard to find any one unifying reason why they all crashed so close together and so soon after each other.”
Perry suggested the crashes may have been a case of lane travel issues or distracted driving. He urged caution for drivers traveling in the canyon to remain alert as they traverse the roads, especially as the roads start to become more slick in the cold weather.

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Tremonton woman in good condition after canyon rollover into river