Utah DWR employee killed in Sevier County rollover crash

Utah DWR employee killed in Sevier County rollover crash

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SIGURD, Sevier County — A man killed in a rollover crash Tuesday was identified Wednesday as a Utah Division of Wildlife Resources employee.

Jared Baker, 31, of Hyde Park, died from injuries suffered in the crash, according to the Sevier County Sheriff's Office. Wildlife officials said Baker was a hatchery specialist for the wildlife division.

Emergency crews responded to a report of a rollover near 1190 N. State in Sigurd about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sevier County Sheriff Nathan Curtis said. Witnesses told investigators Baker was driving a truck northbound when the vehicle drifted off the road, overcorrected and flipped into the air as it went back onto the roadway, Curtis said.

The truck landed on its cab. Richfield City Fire Department extracted Baker from the truck, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Curtis said Baker was wearing a seat belt but suffered “significant injuries” in the crash.

Utah Highway Patrol requested the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office to investigate the crash since it involved a Utah Department of Wildlife Resources employee, Curtis added.

Robin Cahoon, a spokeswoman for the DWR and the Baker family, said Baker joined the department in 2013 and was currently working at the Fisheries Experiment Station in Logan.

"By all accounts, Jared was a fine individual who exemplified what it meant to be a wildlife professional," Cahoon said in a statement. "The DWR appreciates the efforts of the first responders who did everything they could to help Jared."

She added Baker leaves behind a wife and two young children.

Contributing: Faith Heaton Jolley

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