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Fatal Crash Near Benjamin (Updated 4/29/24)

On Sunday, April 28, 2024, at 04:56 am, UHP Troopers received information of a fatal crash on SR-164 MM 0 (8000 S 2200 W – Benjamin) involving a single vehicle Dodge Durango and a single occupant 25-year-old male driver. After arriving on the scene EMS advised the driver was deceased. The Durango was traveling westbound on 8000 S when it veered off the side of the road to the right and launched off the overpass structure concrete wall, back into the travel lane, and across again. The vehicle climbed up the wall, impacted a round pillar of the structure, and rolled down the wall. During the roll-down, the driver was ejected from the vehicle as he was not wearing his seat belt.

Dodge Driver (Fatal): Hunter J. Walker, Age: 25, From: Call Santaquin, UT