Information retrieved from Fox 13 local news:
SALT LAKE CITY — A prominent Utah couple were vacationing in Hawaii when a tragic car crash took both of their lives on January 30.
Hawaii Police report that at 7:33 on Sunday night, a Toyota 4runner was traveling southbound when it crossed the double line and hit a 2020 Jeep SUV traveling North. After the first collision, a Volvo sedan, also traveling South, hit the 4runner.
The two occupants of the Jeep were unresponsive at the scene and were pronounced dead once they were transported to the hospital, local police reported.
The female driver of the Toyota 4runner also died of her injuries in the crash. the driver of the Volvo sedan had minor injuries, but was taken to the hospital to be treated.
Police have identified two of the victims as 44-year old Rebecca van Uitert and 44-year-old Jason Howell of Heber City Utah.
The couple was married and had four children whom they had adopted within the last five years. The children were not with their parents at the time of the crash, they were staying with family in Utah.
