An 83-year-old driver of a side-by-side died Friday afternoon, October 16, after colliding with a semi-truck on U.S. 6 near Price.
Utah Highway Patrol responded to the scene near milepost 236 at approximately 12:33 p.m.
Both vehicles were traveling westbound at the time of the incident. According to a Utah Highway Patrol statement, the side-by-side driver was attempting to merge onto U.S. 6 to access an intersecting road by moving into the center turn lane.
While the driver was changing lanes to the left, the side-by-side struck the rear passenger side of the semi-truck's trailer. The driver sustained fatal injuries from the impact and was pronounced deceased at the scene.
A passenger in the side-by-side was transported by ambulance to a nearby hospital in stable condition, while the semi-truck driver was uninjured.
Traffic on U.S. 6 was reduced to a single lane in each direction for several hours while emergency personnel and troopers processed the scene.
