Efrain O Cardenas, 62, and five people killed, and driver Jamie Don McKenzie, 41, arrested in collision with commercial truck on U.S. 40 in Wasatch County, Utah

Modified Date: 
Wed, 11/14/2018 - 2:45pm
Accident Date: 
Friday, October 19, 2018

Troopers: 6 killed on Utah highway when dump truck crosses median, hits pickup

Late Friday evening, the dump truck driver was booked into the Wasatch County Jail on investigation of vehicular homicide after troopers say they found open containers and prescription pills in his dump truck. His name was not immediately released.

Drunken dump truck driver kills 6 in ‘horrific’ highway crash, Utah police say

Troopers arrested Jamie Don McKenzie, 41, on suspicion of vehicular homicide after finding open containers of beer and liquor, along with prescription bottles, in the dump truck cab, reported The Salt Lake Tribune.

Warrant: Man charged with killing 6 in horrific crash had 4 times legal alcohol limit

Jamie Don McKenzie, 41, of Heber City, is charged in Wasatch County's 4th District Court with six counts of automobile homicide, a second-degree felony, and two counts of DUI, a third-degree felony.

People Involved: 
Efrain O Cardenas
Jamie Don McKenzie
Roadway: 
U.S. 40

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