SALT LAKE CITY — Additional counts of attempted murder have been brought against a man who is accused of intentionally crashing into people in Salt Lake County with his car.
27-year-old Anh Duy Pham was arrested last month on ten felony counts, including six charges of attempted murder, following four hit-and-run crashes over a seven month period.
On Thursday, Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill announced that Pham now faces three more counts of attempted murder for two additional crashes that involved three victims.
"I haven't seen in my 28-29 years as a prosecutor anything like this," said Gill.
The new incidents in Salt Lake City took place in early March:
- March 2, 2024 - Two victims in incident at 900 South 1300 East.
- March 12, 2024 - One victim involved in incident at 166 North T Street.
In the DA's latest filing, it states Pham targeted two pedestrians on March 2nd, Dacia Davis and Ethan Macintosh.
"The security footage shows that this vehicle comes around, goes around the block sees these folks and then is accelerating towards and hits the woman and the man was able to jump out of the way," Gill described.
The documents state the collision caused Davis to be thrown over the car and to the side of the road. She suffered a concussion and broken hip.
Macintosh would be struck by the side mirror while backing out of the way, according to the documents.
"Then, the incident on March 12 happened on T street there and there's a car that comes around the corner at a high rate, accelerates and hits a garbage can and an individual and drives at them and then it's seen speeding off," said Gill.
According to the DA's filing, the victim in that incident, Jill Mortensen suffered multiple injuries including a concussion.
"The common denominator seems to be a targeting of women," said Gill.
Seven of the victims have been identified as women.
While Pham's previous victims were all female, it's not known if the new charges are related to incidents also involving women.
The previous incidents that are alleged to have involved Pham include:
- August 22, 2023 – Accused of hitting a 36-year-old woman at 1000 West 500 South.
- February 24, 2024 – Accused of hitting a 50-year-old woman and a juvenile at 1700 East Lipman Drive.
- February 28, 2024 – Accused of hitting a 44-year-old woman and a 50-year-old woman at Laird Avenue and Douglas Street.
- March 11, 2024 – Accused of hitting a 20-year-old woman at 600 West North Temple. The crash resulted in critical injuries to the victim.
“We thank Salt Lake City Police Department detectives and our prosecutors for their continual work on this case to help ensure justice for our community,” said Gill.
