Troopers identify 28-year-old killed in Taylorsville semitruck collision

The Utah Highway Patrol identified the driver killed earlier this week when a semitruck collided into a stopped car that was experiencing a hood malfunction.

The Utah Highway Patrol identified the driver killed earlier this week when a semitruck collided into a stopped car that was experiencing a hood malfunction. (Laura Seitz, Deseret News)


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TAYLORSVILLE — The Utah Highway Patrol identified the driver killed earlier this week when a semitruck collided into a stopped car that was experiencing a hood malfunction.

Lovine Aiulu Saili, 28, was driving a Hyundai Elantra east on I-215 Monday when the vehicle's hood "became unlatched and flipped up." The driver stopped between the freeway's second and third lanes, but a semitruck traveling behind the car was unable to stop in time and crashed into the car, according to UHP.

Troopers responded to the crash site near Redwood Road in Taylorsville just after 12:15 p.m. Saili was pronounced dead at the scene. The truck driver was not injured in the crash.

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