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Jet ski driver arrested for automobile homicide after 2 female passengers disappear into water of Sand Hollow Reservoir

By gephardtdaily.com · September 16, 2026 · 1 min read
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SAND HOLLOW RESERVOIR, Utah, Sept. 16, 2026 (Gephardt Daily) — A 23-year-old man has been arrested for two counts of automobile homicide after a jet ski he was driving at Sand Hollow Reservoir was hit by a wave, ejecting him and two female passengers who went under the water and have not been seen since.

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