TOOELE, UT – A 56-year-old man was killed in a collision involving a garbage truck along Brent Rose Park Wednesday.
The crash happened around 3 p.m. at the intersection of SR 36 and Village Boulevard, KSL TV reported. Utah Highway Patrol said the driver of a Chevy Tahoe hesitated to turn left when he went in front of a garbage truck and collided with the vehicle.
The driver of the dump truck was unharmed, while the driver of the Tahoe, the 56-year-old man, suffered fatal injuries.
State Route 36 closed for several hours and has reopened since. Utah Highway Patrol is investigating this fatal collision.
More details will be posted to this news blog as it becomes available.
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