SANPETE COUNTY, Utah — Two people died after being rear-ended on a Utah highway and pushed into an oncoming vehicle on Monday.
Utah Highway Patrol said the crash happened shortly before noon. The victims were in a Dodge Intrepid sedan on State Route 132 near milepost 61, which is just west of U.S. 89 between Mount Pleasant and Ephraim.
The Intrepid slowed down to turn left into a residential drive, according to UHP, when a Ford F-250 traveling behind it failed to slow down and crashed into the rear. The Intrepid was pushed into the oncoming lane and collided with a Toyota Corolla.
Both people in the Intrepid died from their injuries.
Three other people — two in the Corolla and one in the F-250 — were taken to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.
UHP said troopers are looking into distracted driving as a possible cause of the crash.
The victims' identities have not been released.
