Utah
Teen killed in Richfield rollover crash
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RICHFIELD — One particular person died Tuesday night time after a rollover accident.
The rollover occurred round 8 p.m. “about 0.4 miles above the water tank on the CC highway,” Richfield police wrote in a Fb put up.
A information launch from the Utah Division of Public Security stated that the motive force of a Hyundai Sonata was driving too quick for the highway and misplaced management, inflicting the automobile to roll.
“When the automobile overturned, one of many passengers, a 15-year-old male, was reportedly standing up by the sunroof, filming. He was pinned underneath the automobile and died on the scene,” stated the discharge.
Two different occupants of the automobile, boys ages 14 and 16, have been transported to an space hospital with minor accidents.
Police didn’t present the identities of the particular person killed or of these injured.
After responding to the scene, the Richfield Police Division requested the Utah Freeway Patrol to take the lead within the investigation as a result of severity of the incident.
Investigators are working to determine who was driving the automobile on the time of the crash and are additionally contemplating whether or not alcohol was a “doable contributor.”
“Our Utah Freeway Patrol Troopers are working intently with our State Bureau of Investigation brokers together with the Sevier County Lawyer’s workplace on any additional actions,” the discharge stated. “The Division of Public Security provides its deepest condolences to the dad and mom and family members of the 15-year-old teen.”