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Sunday, February 2, 2014

A traffic accident near Vernal killed one person on Monday, according to the Utah Highway Patrol.

UHP authorities said that a car driven by Monte Mitchell 36, and a semi truck collided on U.S. Route 40 about 8 miles east of Vernal near mile marker 153.

One person died in the crash, but authorities did not immediately release any information about that person’s identification Monday afternoon.

The Tribune will provide more information as it becomes available.