TREMONTON, Utah — A wrong-way driver has died after a crash on Interstate 15 near Tremonton on Tuesday.
According to Utah Highway Patrol, a gray Ford Focus was traveling south on the northbound side of the highway when it collided head-on with a Toyota 4Runner just before noon, causing the SUV to roll over.
UHP said the 77-year-old female driver of the wrong-way vehicle died at the scene, while the female driver of the 4Runner was transported to the hospital in critical condition, but with non-life-threatening injuries.
A witness told UHP that they may have seen the driver of the Ford Focus make a U-turn to go southbound on the highway from the northbound on-ramp right before the crash.
All northbound traffic on I-15 was diverted near the North 5200 West off-ramp before the highway was reopened at 2 p.m.
UHP is still investigating to learn why the woman driving the Ford Focus made a U-turn ahead of the fatal collision.
