It’s impossible to imagine the terror experienced by an elderly couple at home in Carbon County on Monday morning when a loaded tanker truck crashed into their home. Utah Highway Patrol reported that on May 12th, at approximately 6:20 am, a commercial vehicle pulling a tank trailer loaded with crude oil was traveling eastbound on SR-6 at mile marker 247 through the town of Wellington. “The [tanker] left the roadway to the right, colliding with six vehicles which were parked at an auto repair facility,” shares Highway Patrol. “[It] continued through an intersection, a utility pole, a fire hydrant, fencing, and an open field before crashing and coming to a rest in an occupied house. The elderly couple residing in the home were struck by the truck. A 12-year-old male was asleep in the front room and [was] uninjured.” There were two occupants in the tanker truck and both were transported to the hospital. The elderly male and female and the male child who were in the home at the time of the crash were also transported to the hospital. The elderly male and female were later flown by medical helicopter in serious condition.
