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Another car falls into Logan River at notorious canyon location

updated: 17 hours ago By Amy Macavinta

A new warning sign and statewide publicity about a dangerous curve in Logan Canyon has apparently not slowed drivers, as another car had to be pulled out of Logan River on Tuesday afternoon near mile marker 473 on U.S. Highway 89. Neither of the two individuals in the vehicle were injured in the crash.

According to the Utah Highway Patrol, the driver of a blue Saturn was northbound on the Logan Canyon road at about 12:30 p.m. The driver entered the curve at mile post 473.5 and exited the road to the right onto the right shoulder.

Logan resident Colleen Larkin, 20, overcorrected to the left into oncoming traffic, then tried to steer back to the right and exited the road. The car left the road, sliding down toward the river, coming to rest with the front of the car in the water, according to UHP.

Larkin and her passenger, Alex Bernkopf, 20, also of Logan, were both wearing seatbelts.

Larkin was cited for driving too fast for existing conditions.

The UHP said this has been a hazardous curve for years. However, it first gained UDOT's attention after three children - two who had stopped breathing - were pulled from inside a car in the freezing river in a dramatic rescue on New Year's Eve.

Three weeks later, another truck left the roadway and in a matter of seconds landed in the river.

UDOT has confirmed plans to increase safety on this curve, but there is no specific plan or time frame involved.

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