Motorcycle, Mazda collide on Red Cliffs Drive near Megaplex

Written by Chris Reed
September 6, 2023

ST. GEORGE — A motorcyclist was alert but had to be transported to the hospital after the Harley-Davidson chopper he was riding crashed into the side of a Mazda sedan at the corner of Red Cliffs Drive and 2450 East early Wednesday afternoon. 

Scene of crash between Harley-Davidson motorcycle and Mazda3 at Red Cliffs Drive and 2450 East, St. George, Utah, Sept. 6, 2023 | Photo by Chris Reed, St. George News

The crash occurred just before 1 p.m. and forced the closure of a half block of eastbound Red Cliffs for approximately 45 minutes. Cars traveling east were able to detour through the Megaplex Theaters parking lot, while vehicles traveling north on 2450 East could access Red Cliffs through the Deseret Industries lot.

The incident is under investigation, but St. George Police officer Zachary Muckenthaler said the driver of a dark blue Mazda3 was making a left turn from Red Cliffs to 2450 East.

“He stated that he was trying to get out of the intersection,” Muckenthaler said of the Mazda driver. “He said he never saw the motorcycle or the motorcycle came fast.”

The passenger side of the Mazda was smashed, and its side airbags deployed. The motorcycle lay on its side, dented with drips of fuel leaking onto retardant laid out by the St. George Fire Department.

Muckenthaler said the motorcycle rider was alert and responding as he was taken into the ambulance. The male driver of the Mazda, its only passenger, was uninjured.

This report is based on information provided by law enforcement and may not contain the full scope of findings. 

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Chris Reed serves as a reporter for St. George News, where he has been honored with several awards from the Society of Professional Journalists for his work, including first-place accolades. He started his journalism career as a sports reporter and editor in Southern California where he once compared shoe sizes with Shaquille O'Neal and exchanged mix tapes with members of the Los Angeles Kings. After growing up in the San Fernando Valley learning karate skills from Mr. Miyagi and spending a decade in Las Vegas mostly avoiding the casinos, he came to St. George for love and married his soulmate, a lifetime Southern Utah resident. He is the proud father of two boys, his youngest a champion against both autism and Type 1 diabetes.

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