Boy fatally injured when airbags deployed during a three-car crash

A 4-year-old boy was killed Wednesday afternoon in a three-car crash in South Jordan that also left several others injured. As a result of the crash, South Jordan Parkway was closed between 4000 West and Bangerter Highway.

SJPD is investigating a major accident with critical injuries at 3700 W. South Jordan Pkwy. South Jordan Pkwy. is closed between 4000 W. & Bangerter Hwy. If you are heading east and west please use 9800 S. or 11400 S. for the next few hours.

— South Jordan City (@SouthJordanUT) January 30, 2019

Lt. Matt Pennington with South Jordan Police says the car carrying the boy was traveling eastbound when it struck a car that had stopped because of backed-up traffic. That car then struck another vehicle in front of it.

According to police, the boy who was killed was sitting in the passenger seat of the vehicle without a booster seat or child restraint, although he was wearing a seat belt.

Pennington says the boy was critically injured when the airbags in the car deployed. The boy died after being taken to a hospital. The cause of the crash is under investigation.

Police would like to remind drivers that according to Utah law, children up to age 8 must be properly restrained in a booster seat or carseat, and all children under 13 should sit in the back seat.

from The Salt Lake Tribune http://bit.ly/2sXPTk5