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Wrong-way driver killed in I-80 crash near Hoytsville

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As of 5:27 PM MT Oct 16, kpcw.org reported: Investigators are looking at a wrong-way driver's age and possible medical condition as factors in a Summit County fatal crash that shut down part of Interstate 80 Wednesday afternoon. The Utah Highway Patrol reports an out-of-state driver in a white Chevy Impala was traveling westbound in eastbound lanes when the car collided with a cargo van near mile post 161 outside Hoytsville.

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