I-80 closed after fleeing suspect causes wrong-way crash near Salt Lake City

The left three lanes of I-80 Eastbound remain closed after a driver fleeing from police caused a wrong-way crash near the I-215 Interchange in Salt Lake City Saturday morning.

Utah Highway Patrol tells FOX 13 News the incident began when Salt Lake City Police were pursuing a suspect on foot during a separate investigation. The suspect eventually got into a vehicle and fled onto the freeway.

SLCPD ended their pursuit and alerted UHP, which later located the vehicle after receiving multiple reports of a wrong-way driver on I-80. The pursuit ended around 6:00 a.m., when the suspect crashed into a second vehicle near the I-215 interchange…

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