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Tow truck driver injured in crash with minivan that spills nails across I-80 in Salt Lake City, Utah
A semitrailer hauling seven vehicles was traveling on Eastbound I-80 when the driver took a turn too fast and the vehicle rolled. The driver did not suffer serious injuries. Another motorist that was traveling behind the trailer hit the first car to fall of the trailer, but was not seriously injured. The road was closed for 4 and a half hours while crews cleaned up the wreckage.
Two Taylorsville men died from injuries sustained in an early Monday morning crash on Interstate 80 near the Salt Lake-Tooele county line.
The Utah Highway Patrol identified the victims as Spencer W. Gardner, 28, and Andrew J. Harrie, 30.
About 3:30 a.m. Monday, Gardner was driving his black 2006 Scion eastbound when he drifted off the freeway and rolled about 10 miles west of Salt Lake City.
The cause of the crash was under investigation, but troopers were considering the possibility that Gardner fell asleep at the wheel.