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Ramp closed in Salt Lake City after semi carrying tar overturns
Sep 28, 2022, 10:04 AM | Updated: 3:24 pm
(Utah Highway Patrol)
SALT LAKE CITY — One person was taken to the hospital Wednesday after a semi-truck hauling tar rolled in Salt Lake City.
The semi is said to be blocking the entire ramp from Interstate 80 to Interstate 215.
A semi crash with injuries that is blocking the ramp from eastbound I-80 to southbound I-215 on the West belt will have the ramp closed for about 2 hour while they clean up a load spill. pic.twitter.com/FyBe01SRmE
— Utah Highway Patrol (@UTHighwayPatrol) September 28, 2022
Sgt. Cameron Roden with the Utah Highway Patrol said the ramp will be closed for a couple hours, adding that some of the tar leaked onto the roadway.
The health department has been notified, according to Roden.
One person was transported with non-life-threatening injuries.