SALT LAKE CITY — Cans of beer littered the parking lot of a church of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Thursday in a Salt Lake City suburb after a semi-trailer that was carrying cases of brew banned by the faith crashed.
Sandy Police Stg. Jason Nielsen said the semitrailer veered and fell from a road and into the church’s parking lot after it was hit by a pickup truck that ran a red light. Beer cans were strewn across the empty church parking lot Thursday.
One of the faith’s key rules is a ban on members drinking alcohol.
Nielsen says the semi driver was left with injuries that were not life-threatening.
The pickup truck driver wasn’t hurt. Authorities haven’t determined if he will be cited.
The church building wasn’t damaged.