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PARK CITY — A 53-year-old man was killed and two other drivers suffered minor injuries after a crash on a road near Deer Valley Wednesday morning, authorities said.
Emergency crews responded to a report of a crash on state Route 224 (Marsac Avenue) shortly before 7:30 a.m. near the resort, according to Utah Highway Patrol Lt. Randall Richey.
Richey said the 53-year-old man was driving a gray Mazda sedan coming down a steep hill when his vehicle drifted into the oncoming lane and sideswiped a Nissan pickup truck before it was struck by a second pickup truck.
"That impact was fairly minor, but it caused the Mazda to spin sideways and it was hit on the passenger side door by a Toyota Tacoma that was going up the hill — kind of in a T-bone fashion," Richey said.
The driver of Mazda was wearing a seat belt, but was killed on impact, Richey said. He added that the driver had an out-of-state license but may have had a local address. The driver's name was not immediately released.
The drivers of the two pickup trucks suffered only minor injuries.
Investigators still aren't sure what caused the vehicle to cross into the oncoming lane and the crash remains under investigation.
Witnesses told troopers they believed the driver was driving "fairly fast for the roadway," but the vehicle's speed hasn't been confirmed as a part of the investigation, Richey said. Authorities don't believe road conditions factored in the crash, either. Other potential factors, like a medical episode or distraction, were pending investigation, Richey added.
Park City & Summit County Transit reported that Marsac Avenue is closed from Hillside Avenue to Wheaton Way as a result of the crash and that alternate routes are suggested. It added that its 9 Purple bus route was on detour as a result and that the road would reopen late Wednesday morning.
