SALT LAKE CITY — A pickup truck driver died Thursday evening after crashing into the back of a semitrailer in Salt Lake City.
On Friday, Salt Lake City Police identified him as 57-year-old Philip Naclerio.
The crash occurred near 1700 S and 4700 W.
A Salt Lake City Police spokeswoman said Naclerio had been involved in a hit-and-run incident earlier that evening, shortly before the fatal crash.
The hit-and-run incident occurred near 1800 S Bangerter Hwy.
Police said the victim in the hit-and-run confronted Naclerio, and Naclerio then drove away erratically.