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Driver accused of DUI following fatal I-80 crash that killed person changing tire

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A driver accused of driving under the influence was taken into custody after a crash on Interstate 80 killed a person on the roadside while changing a tire. Peter Joseph Hoffelmeyer, 48, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on second-degree felony automobile homicide and misdemeanor DUI.

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