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HEBER CITY — Police identified three people Wednesday who were killed in a head-on crash that closed both directions of U.S. Route 40 Tuesday morning.
Around 7:20 a.m., Miguel Huitron, 27, from Salt Lake City, swerved into oncoming traffic while driving from Park City to Heber City and hit a Kia head-on, said Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Todd Royce.
Police responded to the accident and pronounced Huitron dead on scene. Two female passengers in Huitron's car were transported to a local hospital in critical condition and one, Cindy Cruz, 27, from West Jordan, died shortly after, police said.
The other female passenger in the car is "in very critical condition," according to Royce.
The driver of the Kia, Christina Macinauskas, 29, from Heber City, also died at a local hospital while her male passenger is still in critical condition, according to Royce.
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Three people died in a fatal accident which closed both directions of U.S. Route 40 Tuesday morning, police say.The accident occurred near the Wasatch Commons Apartments in Heber City, and both directions of the highway were closed at River Road while the accident was investigated. All lanes were re-opened several hours later, police said.
The cars crashed on a wide portion of road, so investigators are still trying to determine why Huitron's vehicle crossed into oncoming traffic, though Utah Highway Patrol Lt. Harley Watkins said he believes speed was a factor.
Both vehicles were driving about 10 miles per hour over the speed limit, Watkins said, and police are investigating any impairment as a possible factor.
More information will be released as it is received.
Editor's note: Police originally reported that the female passenger was brain dead, which was incorrect. Utah Highway Patrol later clarified that the passenger is in very critical condition. The article has been updated to reflect the correction.
Liesl is a web reporter at KSL.com, section editor of KSL Tech and a student at Brigham Young University. You can email her at lnielsen@ksl.com and follow her on Twitter at @liesl_nielsen.
