BENJAMIN, Utah, April 28, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — The Utah Highway patrol is reporting a 25-year-old male driver was killed early Sunday morning in a crash on SR-164 in Benjamin.
According to a statement by the UHP, the single-vehicle crash happened at 4:56 a.m., when a westbound Dodge Durango on 8000 South “veered off the side of the road to the right and launched off the overpass structure concrete wall, back into the travel lane, and across again.
“The vehicle climbed up the wall, impacted a round pillar of the structure, and rolled down the wall,” the UHP said.
The driver, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene.
The name of the victim has yet to be released.
