Estimated read time: 1-2 minutes
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
Photo Gallery: Hwy 6 Tanker Crash(KSL News) -- Authorities released the name of a semi- truck driver critically injured in a fiery crash on Highway 6 in Spanish Fork Canyon
Todd Nicolson of Lupton, Arizona is in the hospital with first and third degree burns covering 90- percent of his body.
Officials believe Nicolson took a turn too fast and rolled his semi carrying two tankers. Inside the tankers was more than 8,000 gallons of gasoline. Nicolson was trapped inside when the tankers exploded.
The blast closed Highway 6 for hours.
Crews have already started repairing the road, which could take at least two more days to complete. The blackened, burnt section of road on Highway 6 will remain partially open this morning.
Bethany Eller, UDOT: "There will be lane closures as we work throughout the next couple of days. We will be moving traffic to one lane. We'll have flaggers there to help move traffic along."
UDOT's Bethany Eller says they are still taking damage assessments this morning after the semi flipped and burned.
A group of residents that has been calling for the widening of the road says this crash will give them more motivation and push for legislative money to make the road safer. Last year 13 people died on highway 6. So far this year there has been one fatality.
