LINDON, Utah (KSL.com) — Two young girls were found inside a refrigerated truck on Wednesday after a crash on I-15 in Lindon led to their discovery.

Jacob Ortell Scott, 28, was arrested on suspicion of third-degree felony aggravated child abuse, according to a police booking affidavit

The crash occurred around 11:15 a.m. when a tractor-trailer, driven by Scott, caused an accident. Utah Highway Patrol Lt. Cam Roden said troopers were working on clearing a different crash from earlier in the day that was causing a slowdown on I-15.

“There was a car that had stopped in the roadway and was rear-ended by a semitruck and pushed into multiple other vehicles. So it ended up being five cars total involved in this second crash,” Roden said, adding that the semitruck that rear-ended the stopped ve

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