Man was driving 92 mph on 30 mph Utah road before causing serious crash, prosecutors say

Pat Peavy, KSL.com

SALT LAKE CITY (KSL.com) — A man accused of crashing into different conveyance while driving highly recklessly, causing superior injuries, is facing charges of assault.

Chase W. Pollock, 40, of Salt Lake City, was charged Thursday successful 3rd District Court pinch 2 counts of aggravated battle resulting successful superior injury, a second-degree felony; failing to extremity astatine a superior accident, a third-degree felony; and speeding, moving a reddish ray and driving connected nan incorrect broadside of nan road, infractions.

On May 12, Salt Lake City constabulary responded to a hit-and-run clang astatine 1300 South and 2100 East.

“Witnesses stated that a Toyota Highlander was walking westbound connected 1300 South astatine a precocious complaint of velocity erstwhile it crossed nan double yellowish lines, entering nan oncoming postulation lane, and into nan intersection and done a reddish light. The Toyota past struck nan rear driver broadside of an Audi Q3,” according to charging documents.

The Audi spun respective times earlier coming to a rest. The Toyota went different 370 feet earlier coming to a stop, nan charges state.

“The driver of nan Toyota, Chase W. Pollock, exited nan conveyance and fled from nan scene, changing shirts arsenic he ran,” nan charges state.

The 2 group successful nan Audi suffered captious injuries, according to nan charges, including aggregate surgery bones, cuts and a lacerated liver. One victim, who prosecutors opportunity suffered “severe representation loss,” successful summation to different injuries, “will require six months-worth of curen and study to forestall a changeable owed to nan injuries he sustained,” according to nan charges.

Witnesses to nan clang followed Pollock aft he ran disconnected and were capable to drawback and detain him until constabulary arrived.

Investigators later wished that he was going 92 mph connected nan 30 mph roadworthy pinch nan “throttle astatine 100%” astatine nan clip of nan crash, nan charges state.