TOOELE COUNTY, Utah, March 7, 2019 (Gephardt Daily) — A man who died Thursday afternoon in a Tooele County crash has been identified.
The victim is Nathan J. Wayman, 30, of Salt Lake City.
Utah Highway Patrol troopers responded to the scene of the single-vehicle accident, at mile post 92 on Interstate 80, after the crash occurred at 1:39 p.m. Thursday, a statement from the Utah Department of Public Safety says.
Wayman was a passenger in the green Chevrolet 1500. The driver was the only other person in the pickup truck.
“The vehicle went off the roadway to the left, overcorrected, went off the roadway right, and rolled multiple times along the south shoulder,” the DPS statement says. “During the vehicle rolling, the front seat passenger was fatally injured.
“The driver was airlifted to the U of U in critical condition. Seat belts were worn by both occupants. Alcohol is being investigated as a factor.”
