WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (KUTV) — A man was rescued after his car went off the road and flipped into a small pond near State Route 201 in West Valley.
Lt. Steve Kats with the West Valley City Police Department said officers and firefighters responded to the scene around 8:20 p.m. on Tuesday, after a passing driver called in the crash.
The man in the crashed vehicle, who has not been identified, had to be extricated from the car and taken to a local area hospital out of precaution. He reportedly suffered only minor injuries.
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“The gentleman could have been in much more danger had he been trapped in that water,” said Lt. Katz. “Obviously, [it’s] very very cold and [he] could potentially have drowned had the car filled with more water.”…