George Frazier, 71, dead, and Margaret Frazier, 68, injured when pickup rear-ends SUV on Interstate 80 near Coalville, Utah

Modified Date: 
Mon, 06/19/2017 - 8:31am
Accident Date: 
Thursday, March 26, 2015

UHP says woman, not husband behind wheel in fatal rear-end crash on I-80

The Utah Highway Patrol says that further investigation confirms that troopers misidentified the driver of a fatal rear-end crash on Interstate 80 near Coalville last week.

UHP identifies man killed in I-80 crash, woman suffers critical injuries

The couple were not wearing seat belts and were ejected during the crash, during which the SUV reportedly rolled and burst into flames. The man, identified as 71-year-old George O. Frazier, was killed in the crash and his wife suffered serious injuries. She was transported to the University of Utah Hospital by ground ambulance in critical condition. The couple is from Woodruff, which is a town near the Utah/Wyoming border.

Man killed in Coalville crash identified

The crash occurred about one-half mile before the Coalville exit when traveling eastbound. I-80 eastbound has been closed since the time of the incident and was still closed as of 9 p.m. No information about when the road would reopen was available Thursday night.

Margaret Frazier was driving a Dodge Ram pickup when her vehicle collided with a slow-moving GMC Envoy SUV that was suffering from a mechanical issue. The pickup smashed into the SUV, critically injuring Margaret Frazier and ejecting her husband, George Frazier, who was a passenger in the pickup. George died at the scene. Margaret was wearing a seatbelt, but George was not. The driver of the SUV, 39-year-old Robert Cole, was not hurt.

 

Type: Car Accident
People Involved: 
George Frazier
Margaret Frazier
Robert Cole
Roadway: 
Interstate 80

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