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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Officials with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources are mourning a 37-year-old employee who died in an off-duty car accident in Wyoming.
Agency officials say Sgt. Keith Fullenkamp was returning from hunting elk in Colorado on Tuesday afternoon when a semitrailer veered into his lane and struck his pickup head-on north of Baggs.
The semitrailer burst into flames and caused a four-hour road closure on Wyoming Route 789. The 54-year-old truck driver was taken to a hospital in Craig, Colo.
Wyoming troopers were investigating why the semitrailer crossed the median.
DWR law enforcement chief Tony Wood said Fullenkamp was a Weber County resident who joined the wildlife agency in 2005 and was promoted to sergeant in 2010. He supervised several other conservation officers and worked actively with waterfowl organizations to promote youth hunting opportunities.
He is survived by his wife and a 1-year-old son.
Wood called Fullenkamp one of the agency's most dedicated employees and said he will be missed terribly.
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