Driver charged after alleged DUI crash in Springville that killed a man, nearly his wife
Sep 8, 2025, 2:36 PM
Emergency crews respond to the scene where a truck reportedly veered onto a sidewalk in Springville and hit a man, ultimately killing him. (Zachary Pope, KSL TV)
(Zachary Pope, KSL TV)
SALT LAKE CITY — After an “unbearable” chain of events that left a new wife and her Springville community in deep grief on Wednesday, a man is now facing charges related to the killing of her husband.
The woman and her husband, 25-year-old Matthew Daines, were walking to get pizza together near their home in Springville. It was about 6:30 p.m. when the man, Travis Patrick McIntyre, 41, came driving along the road they were walking in a Chevy Silverado with an attached trailer.
“(Daines’ wife) heard a loud crash, and when she looked up, she saw a vehicle coming at them,” the charging document states. “(Daines) pushed (his wife) out of the way of the vehicle, but (he) was hit by the vehicle.”
Just before the impact, the charging document stated, McIntyre had come to a stop in an intersection “impeding traffic.” When he accelerated from that point, he allegedly sideswiped another car that was waiting to turn.
“(McIntyre) then drove over the sidewalk and hit (Daines), (his wife), as well a traffic pole,” the document states.
An officer who arrived first at the scene found McIntyre still sitting in the truck, smelling “strongly of an alcoholic beverage.” Further, the document stated he was “unable to balance himself when he exited the truck” and could not follow the officer’s instructions.
McIntyre was later found to have been driving on a denied license. As KSL TV previously reported, his blood alcohol content was found to be 0.307 — over six times the legal limit. The charging documents revealed Monday that McIntyre’s urine was also tested after the crash, and found positive for THC.
A THC vape was found in the center console of the truck, in addition to 11 empty containers of alcohol, plus three unopened “within reach of the driver’s seat.”
McIntyre now faces five charges in total: one count of automobile homicide, a second-degree felony; one count of negligently operating a vehicle resulting in injury, a class A misdemeanor; possession or use of a controlled substance, a class B misdemeanor; driving a motor vehicle while driving privilege denied, a class C misdemeanor; and unlawful crossing of a divided highway barrier, an infraction.
