Officer hit, two others injured after driver flees from traffic stop in Salt Lake: police

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — An officer was hit, and two others were hospitalized after police said the driver fled during an attempted traffic stop and crashed a short distance later in downtown Salt Lake City.

An officer attempted to conduct a traffic stop at 200 South 500 West at about 1:30 a.m. Sunday, when the driver allegedly fled.

Officials with the Salt Lake City Police Department said the car only made it about a quarter of a block before it crashed and caught on fire…

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