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Residents urge Magna council to keep or relocate runway truck ramp after recounting 1985 crash
Summary
Three residents and a water‑district official urged the council to reconsider removal of a runaway truck ramp on 8400 West, citing a 1985 crash that resulted in severe injuries and deaths and alleging staff removed the ramp without sufficient public input; council did not vote on the ramp at this meeting.
Several residents told the council that removing the runaway truck ramp on 8400 West would erase a lifesaving safety feature and asked the council to either retain or relocate it rather than remove it as part of planned road work.
Megan Olsen opened public comments by saying most sitting council members (she said) approved sending a July 2023 letter to UDOT to remove the ramp and then recounted a detailed family history: a 1985 fully loaded excavation truck lost control, struck her mother’s car and other pedestrians, and left multiple children and family members…
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