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Wrong-way crash Thursday on I-80 in Summit County kills driver

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The Utah Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly wrong-way crash Thursday on Interstate 80 in Summit County. Troopers say the driver of a Chevrolet Impala was going west in the eastbound lanes of I-80 south of Coalville Thursday when the vehicle collided head-on with a Ford Transit van.

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