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MAGNA — Westbound I-80 was closed for several hours in Salt Lake County due to a crash involving a driver traveling the wrong way on Monday afternoon, according to state troopers.
Utah Highway Patrol Lt. Cam Roden said troopers received reports of a "reckless driver" who left the road to the right, did a U-turn and reentered the highway traveling the wrong way. The vehicle then collided head-on with a pickup truck pulling a horse trailer, he said.
The driver of the wrong-way vehicle was transported via medical helicopter to a hospital in serious condition, Roden said. There were minor injuries to at least one occupant of the pickup truck.
Roden said impairment is being investigated as a possible factor in the crash.
The highway remained closed for several hours Monday evening, but had reopened as of 10 p.m.
