Boy, 6, killed in deadly I-215 crash pictured after his family in Salt Lake City, Utah suffered another horror tragedy
Michael Hansen
Published Aug 20, 2026
A FAMILY is now mourning the loss of another child just a few years after losing a daughter after a young boy died in a multi-vehicle crash.
Six-year-old Edison Kimball was killed Thursday in Salt Lake City, Utah when a semi-truck crashed into his family's vehicle in a crash involving at least eight vehicles.
2
2
The boy's mother, Kristi, and sister, Ruby, were both hospitalized.
"My sister has a concussion and broken bones," Edison's aunt, Kelli Liston, said in the description of a GoFundMe fundraiser page she made for the family.
"Kristi and Quinn’s oldest daughter Ruby is in critical condition at Primary Children's hospital in the ICU awaiting surgery this morning."
The GoFundMe fundraiser was created less than 24 hours ago and has collected more than $100,000 for the family.
Read more about auto crashes
The tragedy of losing their son in the multi-vehicle crash comes eight years after Kimballs' 3-year-old daughter, Lila, died in 2015 from a "rare syndrome," according to her obituary.
"My sister and her husband buried their oldest daughter Lila 8 years ago, and we cannot comprehend what is ahead," the GoFundMe fundraising page said.
The Utah Highway Patrol said the semi-truck heading westbound on I-215 when it struck the family's Hyundai Palisade, which proceeded to hit four other vehicles.
Nine drivers and passengers were transported to the hospital with injuries from the crash ranging from minor to serious.
Most read in News
Utah Highway Patrol Lieutenant Jalaine Hawkes told KSL News that most of the cars had slowed or stopped in afternoon traffic at the scene, except for one.
“The car-hauler that is, unfortunately, the [heaviest], the biggest," Hawkes said.
"Kind of the most dangerous is kind of the vehicle that was not stopped and was actually traveling at a higher rate of speed and then did collide with multiple vehicles at this location."
Read More on The US Sun
UHP Sergeant Cameron Roden told the news outlet that no citations were issued at the scene Thursday night.
Roden said the findings of the crash were likely to be screened by prosecutors.
