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Man dies in southern Utah after car slides into him while assisting crash victims

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KANE COUNTY, Utah — A 57-year-old man was killed over the weekend following a crash in southern Utah where he was struck by a sliding car while trying to assist victims of another crash.

According to the Kane County Sheriff's Office, the initial crash happened at 2:30 p.m. near the corner of Spring Drive and Movie Ranch Road in Duck Creek.

A third car stopped to assist and check on the occupants of the other vehicles. Las Vegas resident Richard Ross was standing next to the vehicles when a third vehicle traveling downhill slid into him and the original vehicles.

Medical care was provided, but Ross died at the scene.