CACHE COUNTY, Utah — Three people were killed and two injured, including an infant, after two cars crashed on U.S. Route 89 in Logan Canyon Wednesday afternoon.
Family identified the victims who died as Jerika Erikson, Jordan Erikson, her fiance Dakota.
A Gofundme for the victims said Jordan and Jerika were sisters and said their hearts are "broken" over the tragedy.
In addition, family reports Jordan and Dakota leave behind their "precious" two-year-old son.
Officials said that preliminary investigations show that at 3:20 p.m., a Kia Rio with five occupants, including the infant, was traveling southbound when it crossed over into the northbound lanes and hit a Ford Excursion.
Fault hasn't been determined for either of the drivers involved as an investigation is underway. Officials report the road curves near where the crash happened and both vehicles were hugging the centerline when the Kia seemed to swerve into the oncoming lane, colliding with the Excursion.
The 21-year-old female driver of the Kia and the 24-year-old male front-seat passenger were both declared deceased at the scene.
A 17-year-old female passenger was taken to the hospital via ambulance in extremely critical condition and died upon arriving at the hospital. Another passenger, an adult male, was flown to the hospital with severe injuries and a male baby was taken to the hospital via ambulance with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the Excursion, identified in arresting documents as 29-year-old Kylan Romrell, was the sole occupant and only suffered minor injuries as a result of the crash.
Romrell was booked into jail on multiple offenses including driving under the influence and three counts of negligently operating a vehicle resulting in death.
A probable cause statement for Romrell states that he may have been driving on or near the center line of the road and the other vehicle may have drifted into his vehicle, however, the crash is still being looked at and fault has not been determined.
Documents describe Romrell as "unsteady, wobbly and lethargic" when walking to the Sheriff substation and a breath test revealed results of .216 BrAC. In addition, officials said in court documents that "many beer cans" were unopened and "multiple bottles" were open.
Romrell was booked into the Cache County jail and he has previously been convicted of a felony DUI charge and has been arrested for DUI multiple times within the last ten years.
The canyon was closed for more than three hours as investigators looked into the crash and cleaned up.
