One killed, two others injured in a three-vehicle wrong-way crash on Interstate 80 at Parley's Canyon in Salt Lake City, Utah
Driver killed in wrong-way crash on I-80, 2 others injured
One driver was killed and two others injured in a wrong-way crash involving three vehicles late Wednesday night on westbound I-80. Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Cameron Roden told Gephardt Daily emergency dispatchers first received reports of a wrong-way driver heading east on westbound I-80 near 700 East about 11:34 p.m.
Wrong way fatal crash on I-80 in Salt Lake County
The truck body of the second Tacoma pickup traveling westbound separated from the frame, trapping the driver inside. He sustained significant injuries and had to be extricated and transported to a local hospital.
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