WASHINGTON COUNTY, Utah — A three-vehicle crash that also involved a motorcycle on State Route 59 in Washington County has left one dead.
At 9:39 a.m., a passenger car was traveling eastbound on State Route 59 where at milepost 14, it was passing traffic at a high rate of speed. The second vehicle involved in the accident, a gold Chevy Avalanche, was traveling westbound when it swerved onto the right shoulder to avoid the first vehicle.
This second vehicle overcorrected and slid across the highway into the eastbound lane. The third vehicle involved, a Chevy Malibu, swerved to the right to avoid the second vehicle, but was struck on the driver's side, causing fatal injuries to the driver.
That driver was identified by Utah Highway Patrol as 24-year-old Dallin Mangelson.
The second vehicle stopped facing west in the eastbound lane, the third vehicle continued off the road to the right and rolled down a small embankment.
The fourth vehicle involved, a Harley Davidson, was following the third vehicle eastbound and swerved left to miss the collision and brushed a fifth vehicle, a Jeep Wrangler, before rolling in the dirt on the northbound side of the highway.
The driver of Harley Davidson was transported by ground in critical condition.
Two other individuals were transported with non-life-threatening injuries.
Eastbound lanes of traffic were closed during the investigation and traffic was alternated using the westbound lanes.
