SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Two men were taken into custody after police found an injured passenger in the backseat of a wrong-way driver’s car on Interstate 80 early Thursday morning.
Officers with the Salt Lake City Police Department safely stopped the eastbound car in the westbound lanes of I-80 near 7400 West. During the stop, officers discovered the car had been reported stolen out of Casper, Wyoming.
Utah Highway Patrol, which also responded to the scene, said all three passengers were intoxicated. One passenger was found with “noticeable recent injuries” and was not responsive or showed any signs of awareness at the time of the stop…