GRAND COUNTY, Utah — Early Saturday morning, a semi-truck hit and killed one person who was trying to make a U-turn near Moab.
Around 2:20 a.m., the Utah Highway Patrol says, a Nissan pickup truck pulling a small trailer was going south on U.S. Highway 191.
Near milepost 149, about 20 miles northwest of Moab, the male driver pulled over to the right side of the road and did a U-turn. A semi-truck then hit the pickup.
The truck’s driver was killed at the scene. The semi’s driver did not get hurt.
The driver’s name and age were not made public.