UPDATE - I-15 is back open in Salt Lake Co. after a morning closure due to a fatal wrong-way crash. The driver who was driving the right way was killed and the wrong-way driver was taken to the hospital in serious but not life-threatening condition.
SALT LAKE COUNTY, Utah — A section of Interstate 15 was closed in the early hours of Wednesday morning due to a deadly wrong-way crash that killed one person in Salt Lake County.
The northbound lanes of the freeway were closed at 2300 North and reopened just after 6:30 Wednesday morning. Utah Highway Patrol said a wrong-way vehicle traveling southbound in the northbound lanes hit a northbound vehicle head-on at around 2 a.m. Wednesday. The driver who was traveling in the right direction, an adult male, was killed and the wrong-way driver, an adult female, was taken to the hospital in serious but not life-threatening condition.Officials say impairment is suspected but an investigation is underway.
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