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TOOELE COUNTY, Utah, June 17, 2020 (Gephardt Daily) — A wrong-way driver was fatally injured just before 1 a.m. Wednesday in a head-on collision on Interstate 80.
Troopers were notified of a wrong-way driver traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of I-80 at milepost 64, Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Nick Street told Gephardt Daily.
Before troopers were able to get to the wrong-way driver, the vehicle collided head on with a semi at milepost 56. The crash was reported at 12:47 a.m.
The driver of the wrong-way vehicle died at the scene, Street said. The driver of the semi was not injured.
The deceased driver has not been identified pending notification of family.
