Police investigate fatal motorcycle crash in St. George

Written by Mori Kessler
August 2, 2024

ST. GEORGE — A segment of 2450 East is closed to traffic Friday evening as police officers investigate a fatal motorcycle crash.

St. George Police Officer investigate the scene of a crash that killed a 19-year-old motorcycle rider on 2450 East, St. George, Aug. 2, St. George, Utah Photo by Mori Kessler, St. George

The incident was reported around 5:10 p.m. at the intersection of 2450 East and 40 South that involved a 19-year-old motorcycle rider and a maroon Lexus SUV.

St. George Police Officer Tiffany Mitchell said in a statement that the motorcycle was southbound on 2450 East and allegedly traveling at a high-rate of speed when it struck the side of the sport utility vehicle as it was making a left turn toward 40 South.

“The 19-year-old driver of the motorcycle has died from his injuries, and the driver of the vehicle is injured,” Mitchell wrote.

Access to 2450 East has been closed from 80 North to 40 South, and the intersection at 40 North, as the police department’s accident reconstruction team investigates the crash scene. The public is being asked to avoid the area.

St. George Police Officer investigate the scene of a crash that killed a 19-year-old motorcycle rider on 2450 East, St. George, Aug. 2, St. George, Utah
Photo by Mori Kessler, St. George

Assisting the St George Police Department at the scene are officers from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, Santa Clara-Ivins Police and Hurricane City Police, as well as a local unit from the Utah Department of Transportation.

“Our sincere condolences to everyone affected by this tragedy,” Mitchell said.

This is the latest road fatality in Southern Utah involving a motorcycle. Last month, two riders were killed in Iron and Washington counties.

A 55-year-old man on a motorcycle died in Iron County last month after leaving the road, while a man riding a motorcycle in Washington City was killed when he impacted a Jeep making a left turn.

This report is based on statements from court records, police or other responders and may not contain the full scope of findings.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mori Kessler serves as a Senior Reporter for St. George News, having previously contributed as a writer and Interim Editor in 2011-12, and an assistant editor from 2012 to mid-2014. He began writing news as a freelancer in 2009 for Today in Dixie, and joined the writing staff of St. George News in mid-2010. He enjoys photography and won an award for photojournalism from the Society of Professional Journalists for a 2018 photo of a bee inspector removing ferals bees from a Washington City home. He is also a shameless nerd and has a bad sense of direction.

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Twitter: @MoriKessler@STGnews

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