UTAH COUNTY, Utah, June 12, 2016 (Gephardt Daily) — A 30-year-old man from Payson was killed and two others seriously injured in a double rollover on SR-68 early Sunday morning.
Utah Highway Patrol said the accident happened at 5:39 a.m. when two vehicles traveling southbound on SR-68 attempted to pass a slower moving vehicle driving in the same lane.
One of the vehicles, a 93 Nissan Altima rolled into a farm field ejecting the driver, identified as Delfino Morales, 30. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
A passenger in the Altima, also from Payson, was seriously injured, and was flown to the hospital by medical helicopter.
A second vehicle, a 2000 Toyota Avalon, rolled into the field but re-entered the roadway landing on its wheels. The driver, a 61-year -old Payson man, was flown to the hospital in serious condition.
It appears that seat belts were not used in either vehicle.
