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BRIGHAM CITY — Police have identified a man who died after a car crashed into a house early Wednesday morning in Brigham City, authorities said.
Riverton resident Terry Kirstine, 49, died in the crash, Brigham City police Lt. Tony Ferderber said Friday.
The crash took place about 12:11 a.m. near 800 N. Highland Blvd. in Brigham City, according to a Facebook post from the Brigham City Fire Department.
The car was traveling at a high speed when Kirstine failed to negotiate a curve in the road, causing the car to leave the road and go through the front yard of a home. The car hit some landscaping in the yard, causing it to flip into the air, Ferderber said. It landed upside down on top of a car that was in the driveway of the home.
The car also hit the carport area of the home and the people inside the home heard a loud crash and felt the house shake, but were not injured, the post said.
It took crews about an hour to stabilize the car and extricate Kirstine, who was the only occupant, out of the car. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
In addition to traveling at a high speed, police suspect that unfamiliarity with the area and road weather may have been a factor in the crash, Ferderber said. Alcohol is also suspected as a possible factor in the crash, but investigators are waiting for results of a toxicology report to confirm that, he added.
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