OGDEN, Utah — A terrifying video out of North Ogden showed the moment a car slid down an icy road and slammed into a parked vehicle after an intense winter storm.
Shared by FOX 13 News viewer Brent Roylance, the video shows the car sliding sideways down the entire street as bystanders look on.
The incident happened in North Ogden on Mountain Road just after 9 p.m. on Wednesday.
"When they came over the top, it was just one after the other," Roylance said. "They'd stop and spin out and they start sliding backwards and they slid back into other cars that were already damaged and hit and so yeah, and it was just nonstop."
Roylance said the driver of the sliding vehicle hit his head on the window, sustaining injuries. It's not clear what the drivers current condition is.
"We called 911 and said, hey, this hill is just a disaster," Brent said.
Both Brent and Cassidee captured everything on their phones as it was unfolding.
"There was there was 11 total cars hit that were damaged, that's not counting what it slid off and hit, you know curbs bounced off and just drove away," Brent said.
The Roylance's say that even included a snowplow.
"He turned so he didn't hit the cars and he went straight into that," Cassidee said as she pointed to where the snowplow went off the road.
They say this all took place in the span of about an hour and a half.
"I've never seen something that close, it is definitely something I will remember forever," Cassidee said.
On Tuesday night and for the majority of the day Wednesday, Utah was pummeled with intense snow, rain and wind, with some northern Utah cities seeing over a foot of snow.
Due to the storm, road conditions across the state were tricky to maneuver and the Utah Highway Patrol reported that they responded to hundreds of calls.
Roylance said he saw nearly a dozen cars slide off in this particular area, including a snow plow.
"We saw over 380 incidents, where we saw crashes out on the roadway so very busy day, definitely improved through into today," said Sgt. Cameron Roden with Utah Highway Patrol.
Sgt. Roden says they saw 74 crashes on Thursday, due to some slick spots on the roads.
For the Roylance's, they hope people are more aware and safe the next time they travel down this road in snowy or icy conditions.
"I wish just there people would kind of just keep in mind that things like that can happen, just be careful when in this kind of weather because yeah that was scary, I'm no one got hurt," Cassidee said.
Sgt. Roden told FOX 13 News on Thursday that no matter where you are, it is best to practice good winter driving behavior. That includes watching your speed and making sure to increase your following distance.
