A truck driver allegedly killed a police officer during a traffic stop on a Utah highway Sunday by driving his rig into the officer, police said. A Santaquin police officer and a Utah Highway Patrol trooper had stopped the semitrailer around 6:30am after somebody called 911 to report that a person was standing on the back of the rig as it was headed north on Interstate 15. Spanish Fork police said the man began driving off during the stop, then turned the semitrailer around before driving the wrong way on the interstate. The rig crashed into two police cars and the Santaquin officer, who died at the scene, the AP reports. Police identified the truck driver as Michael Aaron Jayne, 41. He was not yet booked into jail and had no attorney on record to comment on his behalf, police said.

Authorities have not released the dead officer’s name. “Our entire department is hurt. And the family of the officer is hurt because of a senseless act by one individual,” Spanish Fork police Lt. Cory Slaymaker said during a news conference. The stop occurred on I-15 in Santaquin, a town of about 14,000 people 65 miles south of Salt Lake City. Authorities allege that Jayne fled on foot and stole vehicles, including a pickup truck. He was arrested later Sunday following a short chase in the Vernal area, some 160 miles east of Santaquin, according to police. Who was riding on the back of the semitrailer and why was still being investigated, Slaymaker said.

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Utes beat Jacksonville 16-13, will visit Duke on Saturday

The University of Utah Lacrosse team won the ASUN championship for the second straight season with its 16-13 win over Jacksonville on Sunday at Air Force Academy, Colo., earning an automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championships.

Utah will visit No. 2 seed Duke for a first-round NCAA tournament game Saturday at 12:30 p.m. MDT in Durham, N.C. The game will be televised on ESPNU.

Utah improved to 12-4 overall, tying the school record for single-season wins.

After leading by as many as seven goals early in the fourth quarter, Jacksonville went on a late rally, scoring five unanswered to make it a two-point game with less than four minutes to play. Utah’s defense and goalkeeper Colin Lenskold held the Dolphins at bay for the final minutes of the game, allowing Jared Andreala to sneak Utah’s 16th goal in with just 18 seconds to go to seal the victory.

Sophomore Ryan Stines was named tournament MVP with Joey Boylston, Tyler Bradbury, Nikko DiPonio and Lenskold also earning All-Tournament honors. Utah has scored 15 or more goals in six straight games, wrapping up Sunday’s game with 40 shots that included 27 on goal. Utah also had 34 ground balls and 10 caused turnovers along with 14 faceoff wins.

Stines, the ASUN (Atlantic Sun Conference) Player of the Year, led the Utes with five goals against the Dolphins, giving him 47 goals on the season and his third straight game with two or more.

Bradbury also added four points on three goals and an assist with Andreala contributing a hat trick of his own. Faceoff specialist Tyler Kloeckl led the team in ground balls with eight to go along with his 14 faceoff wins.

Sophomore DiPonio finished the game with a career-high two assists, four ground balls and three caused turnovers with freshman Mikey Crane adding three caused turnovers as well. In goal, Lenskold finished the game with 16 saves, which ties for the third-most in school history.

For the second year in a row, Utah has won the ASUN Conference championship and is headed to the NCAA lacrosse tournament.

The Utes defeated Jacksonville 16-13 Sunday to claim the ASUN crown, led by five goals from attacker Ryan Stines and three goals apiece from midfielder Jared Andreala and attacker Tyler Bradbury.

Utah held a 9-6 lead at the end of the second period, then scored four straight goals to begin the third period, including two consecutive from Bradbury, to take a 13-6 lead.

After Jacksonville responded with two goals of its own, Utah extended the lead with scores from Carson Moyer and Andreala, leading 15-8 with 12:35 left in the game.

Jacksonville came on strong late in the game, scoring five straight to cut Utah’s lead to two with 3:12 remaining, but Andreala iced the win with a goal.

After winning nine in a row, including two games at the ASUN tournament, Utah has momentum heading into the NCAA tournament, which begins on May 11.

The Utes will find out who they will play in the NCAA tournament tonight at 7:30 p.m. MDT.