Las Vegas man killed on snowy southern Utah road while checking on crashed drivers

A Las Vegas man who had stopped to check on two cars involved in a minor collision was killed Sunday in southern Utah when he was hit a third vehicle that slid into him.

A Las Vegas man who had stopped to check on two cars involved in a minor collision was killed Sunday in southern Utah when he was hit a third vehicle that slid into him. (Kane County Sheriff's Office)


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DUCK CREEK, Kane County — A man who had stopped to check on two drivers involved in a minor collision was killed Sunday in southern Utah when he was hit by a third vehicle that slid into him.

Two cars were involved in an accident at the corner of Spring Drive and Movie Ranch Road in Duck Creek Village around 2:30 p.m. on Sunday.

Richard Ross, 57, of Las Vegas, who was in another vehicle, stopped to check on the drivers of the crashed cars.

"While standing next to one of the vehicles … Ross was struck by an additional vehicle traveling down the hill, which slid into him and the original damaged vehicles," according to a statement from the Kane County Sheriff's Office.

The vehicle that hit Ross was traveling downhill on a snow-packed road. Ross was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Pat Reavy interned with KSL NewsRadio in 1989 and has been a full-time journalist for either KSL NewsRadio, Deseret News or KSL.com since 1991. For the past 25 years, he has worked primarily the cops and courts beat.
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