SALT LAKE CITY — One person is dead, and two others injured, after a wrong-way crash in the northbound lanes of I-15 Sunday afternoon.
Utah Highway Patrol said the crash occurred just after 12:30 p.m., when a driver in a blue Toyota Camry was driving east in the westbound lanes of I-80 before turning onto the I-15 northbound lanes.
At approximately 700 South, the driver collided with an Audi heading north. They also sideswiped a gray Hyundai driving north. The driver of the Audi was transported to a local hospital and is reported to be stable. The driver of the Hyundai experienced minor injuries and was also taken to the hospital. The wrong-way driver died at the scene.
He was identified as 72-year-old David Rick Garrard from Salt Lake City.
All northbound lanes were closed with traffic diverting at 600 South. They reopened around 4:45 p.m.
