Michaela Martin, 18, Hardinger Cruz, 17, and Randy Ruiz, 14, killed and driver Jonathan Ulises Analco-Cruz, 23, injured in crash into pond after driver flees police near Salt Lake City Airport in Utah

Modified Date: 
Fri, 05/01/2015 - 1:17pm
Accident Date: 
Friday, May 16, 2014

Family, police looking for answers in fatal I-80 crash

A violent one-car crash on Interstate 80 that killed three teenage passengers and injured the driver early Saturday morning has police and family members searching for answers.

Family, police looking for answers in fatal I-80 crash

A violent one-car crash on Interstate 80 that killed three teenage passengers and injured the driver early Saturday morning has police and family members searching for answers.

Woman identified from fatal I-80 rollover

Another airport officer and several troopers arrived as backup and they found Martin and the two boys in the upside-down vehicle, with the boys in the backseat, according to UHP. The driver, a man, was found hiding in the reeds, Nigber said.

Automobile homicide charges filed in crash that killed 3

Jonathan Ulises Analco-Cruz, 23, was charged in 3rd District Court on Tuesday with three counts of automobile homicide and failure to stop for officers resulting in death, all second-degree felonies, as well as a third-degree felony forgery charge and a class C misdemeanor charge for driving on a suspended license.

Man charged in crash that killed 3 booked into jail

Jonathan Ulises Analco-Cruz, 23, was charged in 3rd District Court Tuesday with three counts of automobile homicide and failure to stop for officers resulting in death, all second-degree felonies, as well as a third-degree felony charge of forgery and a class C misdemeanor charge of driving on a suspended license. 

Man convicted in triple-fatal crash near Salt Lake International Airport

Analco-Cruz's sentencing is scheduled for May 1 at 9 a.m. before 3rd District Judge Bernards-Goodman. The felonies carry a potential prison sentence of 1 to 15 years each.

Man pleads guilty in high-speed crash that killed 3 passengers

Jonathan Ulises Analco-Cruz, 24, pleaded guilty in 3rd District Court Friday to two counts of DUI automobile homicide, a second-degree felony.

Utah man sentenced to prison for alcohol-related triple-fatality crash

"Crash reconstruction showed the vehicle was traveling 103 mph at the time it started to lose control," the charges read.
Investigators have identified one of the three people who died in a rollover crash near the Salt Lake City International Airport. Michaela Martin, 18, of Taylorsville and two boys died Saturday after their vehicle flipped into a retention pond at the end of a chase on Interstate 80, according to the Utah Highway Patrol. The 24-year-old driver of the black Volkswagen, who survived, allegedly sped out of a parking garage at the airport at about 5 a.m. and would not stop for an airport police officer, according to UHP Lt. Jeff Nigber. The officer tried to stop the driver for speeding, but the driver drove east on I-80. The officer followed until his supervisor terminated the chase. Nigber said the officer was starting to do a U-turn at an authorized point on the highway median when he saw a dust cloud. He continued east to an exit that goes onto southbound Interstate 215, where he spotted the car in the small body of water off the roadway. Another airport officer and several troopers arrived as backup and they found Martin and the two boys in the upside-down vehicle, with the boys in the backseat, according to UHP. The driver, a man, was found hiding in the reeds, Nigber said. The man was taken to Intermountain Medical Center in critical condition with head trauma and broken bones. He has a suspended Utah driver’s license and an active warrant for an alleged traffic offense, according to UHP. The Airport Police Department is still investigating the crash.
Type: Car Accident
People Involved: 
Michaela Martin
Jonathan Ulises Analco-Cruz
Hardinger Cruz
Randy Ruiz
Roadway: 
I-80

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