Police identify woman killed in wrong-way crash in Taylorsville Saturday night

A woman was killed in a wrong-way collision in Taylorsville on Saturday night, police said.

A woman was killed in a wrong-way collision in Taylorsville on Saturday night, police said. (Kristin Murphy, Deseret News)


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TAYLORSVILLE — Police have released the name of the woman who was killed in a wrong-way collision in Taylorsville Saturday night.

Michelle Romero, 30, was killed after the car she was driving drifted into oncoming traffic and struck an oncoming SUV, Taylorsville police said in a statement Monday afternoon. The crash occurred about 10 p.m. at 2881 W. 4700 South.

Romero was ejected and pronounced dead at the hospital. The driver of the other vehicle, a woman approximately age 40, suffered minor injuries. A child passenger in the SUV was not injured.

The crash is still under investigation.

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Bridger Beal-Cvetko covers Utah politics, Salt Lake County communities and breaking news for KSL.com. He is a graduate of Utah Valley University.

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