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The Utah Highway Patrol has identified the victim of a fatal pickup truck-semi trailer rig crash on U.S. 40 near Roosevelt.
UHP Sgt. Todd Royce said Jeffrey S. Hitchcock, 42, of Salt Lake City, was eastbound when his 2007 GMC pickup inexplicably drifted into the oncoming, westbound lane and collided with a semi hauling two full crude oil tanker trailers about 11 a.m. Monday.
Hitchcock, whose vehicle burst into flames, was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 68-year-old man riding his bicycle just outside Spanish Fork was struck and killed Monday morning.
Utah County Sheriff’s Sgt. Spencer Cannon said the victim, identified as Wayne Warner Harwood, of Spanish Fork, was hit by a vehicle traveling southbound on 1200 West near 8000 South about 5:30 a.m. Monday.
Harwood, who was wearing a helmet, died at the scene of the accident despite efforts by paramedics to revive him.
No citations were issued while the cause of the accident was under investigation.
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.