TOOELE, Utah — A woman was killed Monday after she was pinned by a minivan that crashed through a Tooele business, also injuring another employee inside.
The crash at 169 North Main Street, which is the location of "Ensign Engineering and Land Survey," occurred just after 11:30 a.m. after the driver of the minivan was seen driving northbound in the southbound lanes of Main Street.
During the incident, a female employee was pinned at her desk at the front of the store. First responders rendered aid to the woman, but she died soon after from her injuries.
The employee was identified by police as 51-year-old Roseann Davis from Tooele.
Another male employee was taken to the hospital, but officials were unsure about his condition.
Police said the male driver of the minivan was allegedly heading northbound in the southbound lanes on Main Street before hopping over a curb and into the storefront. The driver was also hospitalized in an undisclosed condition.
"Something like this, where we have a fatality involved ... family isn't expecting something like this to happen, then to receive sudden news that a loved one has passed away. It's a little more difficult to take," said Cpl. Colbey Bentley with the Tooele City Police Department.
Investigators are looking into the accident and whether a medical condition or distraction could have been the cause.
A close friend of the driver's family told FOX 13 News that they believe he suffered a seizure while driving.
"We’ve got to see if it was a medical episode that caused this crash," said Bentley. " If there was impairment, if there was a distraction. There’s a lot of things that our officers and investigators are working on right now to be able to piece that together."
Crews on the scene cleaned up debris from the office that had been scattered across the parking lot. The office has since been boarded up as the investigation continues.
