KAYSVILLE, Utah, Aug. 21, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — A driver was found dead in his Ford F-150 five hours after colliding with a Chevy pickup truck that had rolled just moments before.
The collision happened at about 1:30 a.m. on northbound State Route 177, near 200 North in Kaysville, a Department of Public Safety statement says.
“The driver of the Chevy traveled onto the right shoulder and into the gravel with his passenger side tires,” the DPS statement says.
“When he was on the shoulder, he swerved back into the travel lanes overcorrecting, causing him to lose control and travel into the median. The Chevy began to roll when it was halfway through the median.”
The Chevy came to a stop in the two southbound lanes.
“A Ford F-150 was traveling southbound at this time and struck the Chevy,” the statement continues. “The Ford truck continued southbound 1000 feet and ran off the road to the right. The Ford traveled through a fence before it came to a rest.
“Due to the impact, the Ford lost all electrical power, it could not be seen where it came to a rest. The Chevy was pushed off to the right shoulder by the impact and had major damage. When officers arrived, they only noticed the Chevy.”
There were no witnesses to the accident, and, in the darkness, nobody saw the Ford 1000 feet south of the Chevy, the DPS statement says.
“The driver of the Chevy was taken to the hospital by ambulance.”
At 6:30 a.m., the sky had lightened, and “a commuter traveling southbound saw the Ford truck with damage and called it in. When officers arrived, they found the driver in the vehicle deceased.”
Gephardt Daily will have more information as additional details are released.
