Truck rolls off highway after storm coats road with 3 inches of hail

August 23, 2018 Utah Channel 3

ST. GEORGE — A truck rolled off state Route 14 in Iron County Thursday afternoon after a storm pelted the road with nearly three inches of hail.

Emergency personnel respond to the scene of a rollover on state Route 14, Iron County, Utah, Aug. 23, 2018 | Photo courtesy of Utah Highway Patrol, Cedar City News / St. George News

Utah Highway Patrol responded to the single-vehicle rollover involving a red pickup truck at 2:09 p.m. near mile marker 19 on SR-14. An 18-year-old woman driving the truck was the only person in the vehicle.

At the time of the rollover, the road was covered in slush as a result of the hailstorm, UHP Sgt. Nick Street said.

The truck slipped off the road and rolled several times before coming to rest in a meadow.

Medical personnel responded to the crash, but the woman did not require transport to the hospital.

The rollover did not warrant issuing a citation to the driver, Street said, due to the “bizarre” weather conditions.

A truck rests on its side after rolling off state Route 14 during a hailstorm, Iron County, Utah, Aug. 23, 2018 | Photo courtesy of Utah Highway Patrol, Cedar City News / St. George News

“Troopers said the squall left close to three inches of hail on this spot of the roadway,” Street said.

The hailstorm was part of a large storm system moving through parts of Southern Utah Thursday, inundating roads and communities in Iron County and triggering a flash flood warning in Garfield and Kane counties.

This report is based on preliminary information provided by law enforcement and may not contain the full scope of findings.

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