Charity Hardman, 42, dead, Douglas Milne, 40, seriously injured following motorcycle crash on Traverse Ridge Road in Draper, Utah
One dead, one seriously injured in Draper motorcycle crash
Draper police withheld the identities of the two, pending notification of their families. Both the female victim and the male driver were in their 40s, and neither was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash on Traverse Ridge Road near 1700 East, police said.
One dead, one seriously injured in Draper motorcycle crash
The motorcycle appeared to have gone out of control as it descended a hill. Hardman died at the scene; Milne was taken to Intermountain Medical Center in Murray with non-life threatening injuries, police said.
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