One person dies after small plane landed on I-15 in Payson
Dec 2, 2024, 9:03 PM | Updated: Dec 3, 2024, 6:13 pm
A small aircraft made an emergency landing on Interstate 15 near Payson on Dec. 2, 2024. (Andrew Adams, KSL TV)
(Andrew Adams, KSL TV)
PAYSON, Utah – The Utah Highway Patrol has confirmed that one person involved in a multi-car crash Monday night on Interstate 15 has died.
The person has been identified as 58-year-old Valdecir De Oliveira from Santaquin. Oliveira was driving a white Chevy pickup, which was the first vehicle hit in the crash.
The crash occurred when an airplane made an emergency landing and was then involved in a multi-car crash.
The small aircraft landed near mile marker 250, according to Cam Roden with the Utah Highway Patrol. DPS reported the plane landed at approximately 8:11 p.m.
An airplane landed on Interstate 15 near Payson on Dec. 2, 2024. (Courtesy, David Wennerholm)
Roden reported the airplane made a successful landing, but was “involved in traffic,” colliding with five cars on the roadway.
Nobody in the airplane was injured, Roden told KSL TV.
The Department of Public Safety reported that “a collision involving at least five vehicles occurred right behind the aircraft when it touched down.”
Hillary Koellner with the Utah Highway Patrol reported that four people were being transported to local hospitals with injuries ranging from minor to severe due to the airplane and five-car collision.
