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MAGNA — A semitruck driver is dead after crashing Thursday on I-80 near the Great Saltair.
The crash happened about 10:40 a.m. The driver was identified Friday as Jason Panter, 50, of Taylorsville.
"There's a slight curve right there and he did not navigate that curve, went off and hit the barrier and then he overturned," Utah Highway Patrol Lt. Cam Roden said. "It was a semi hauling double trailers loaded with sand and the semi did catch on fire."
Panter was unable to exit the cab and died in the crash.
Eastbound I-80 was closed for several hours after the crash.
