POLICE
Wrong-way driver causes fatal crash
Jun 12, 2022, 12:31 PM
| Updated: Jun 13, 2022, 12:43 pm

An SLCPD cruiser is pictured at a crime scene. Photo: Derek Peterson, KSL TV
SALT LAKE CITY – Police received reports of a wrong-way driver at around 1 a.m. near 3400 West SR-201.
The wrong-way vehicle, a silver Chevy Malibu, hit a gray Ford Ecosport head-on. The driver of the Malibu was not wearing a seatbelt and was pronounced dead on the scene. The driver of the Ecosport was transported to a local hospital with critical injuries.
An investigation is underway to determine if alcohol impairment was the cause of the wrong-way collision.