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Utah Highway Patrol IDs woman killed in a fiery truck crash

Utah Highway Patrol IDs woman killed in a fiery truck crash

SPRINGVILLE, Utah (AP) — Authorities in Utah have released the name of a woman who died in a fiery crash in Springville. The Utah Highway Patrol identified the victim as 33-year-old Tayva Steele. They say Steele was driving a pickup truck that went off the Interstate 15 off-ramp and struck […]

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Semi Rolls Into Deer Creek Reservoir

Semi Rolls Into Deer Creek Reservoir

WASATCH COUNTY, Utah- 8:58 pm The Utah Highway Patrol determined to alternate traffic through the closure group while crews worked on removing the tractor portion of the semi. The UHP then decleared they would reinstate the hard closure as soon as crews began working again. 4:44 pm Michele Rowe of […]

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Driver in car stopped on Utah freeway killed in fiery crash

Driver in car stopped on Utah freeway killed in fiery crash

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a man driving a car on a metro Salt Lake City freeway was killed when it stopped in a traffic lane and then was struck from behind by another car and burst into flames on impact. The victim of the crash that […]

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Utah trooper stops wrong-way driver on Interstate 15

Utah trooper stops wrong-way driver on Interstate 15

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Highway Patrol says a trooper and a wrong-way driver both suffered minor injuries early Friday when the trooper stopped the wrong-way vehicle on southbound Interstate 15 in in Davis County. The Highway Patrol said the trooper used a maneuver to disable and stop […]

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Woman unharmed after metal beam smashes through windshield

Woman unharmed after metal beam smashes through windshield

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say a Utah woman narrowly avoided being impaled by a metal beam that smashed through her car windshield on the highway. Utah Highway Patrol Cpl. Chris Jones says Nicci Sanders was driving on Interstate 15 Monday near Clearfield when a 4-foot (1-meter) metal beam […]

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Utah Highway Patrol: 3 teens killed when car rear-ends truck

Utah Highway Patrol: 3 teens killed when car rear-ends truck

MOUNT PLEASANT, Utah (AP) — Authorities say three teenagers were killed in a two-vehicle wreck in central Utah. The Utah Highway Patrol says the wreck occurred Friday night near Mount Pleasant in Sanpete County when a sedan carrying four teens crested a hill and rear-ended a flatbed truck moving slower […]

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Fatal head-on crash between big rigs closes Utah highway

Fatal head-on crash between big rigs closes Utah highway

PRICE, Utah (AP) — The Utah Highway Patrol says a fatal head-on crash involving two tractor-trailer rigs closed U.S. 6 between Price and Green River in southeastern Utah Tuesday morning. The UHP says one person was killed but no other information on the wreck in Emery County was released immediately. […]

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Officials warn as Utah motorcycle deaths see record increase

Officials warn as Utah motorcycle deaths see record increase

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — State officials say motorcycle deaths in Utah rose by 24% last year — from 38 to 47 — for the highest increase in state history. The Utah Department of Transportation and the Utah Highway Patrol organized an event Tuesday in West Valley City featuring […]

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Hit-and-run driver sought in fatal wreck in Salt Lake City

Hit-and-run driver sought in fatal wreck in Salt Lake City

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities are looking for a man who was driving a car involved in a hit-and-run wreck that killed a motorcyclist on a Salt Lake City freeway. According to Sgt. Justin Dial of the Utah Highway Patrol, the car’s driver was seen leaving the scene on […]

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2 killed in nearly head-on crash were man, woman from Delta

2 killed in nearly head-on crash were man, woman from Delta

LEAMINGTON, Utah (AP) — The Utah Highway Patrol says a man and a woman from Delta were killed when a SUV collided nearly head-on with a work truck while trying to pass a tractor-trailer rig. Those killed Wednesday in the wreck on State Route 132 about 8 miles (13 kilometers) […]

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