Oct 12, 2020

High winds may have contributed to rollover accident on I-70

Posted Oct 12, 2020 3:24 PM
<b>The Dodge Ram received driver's side and roof damage in the accident.</b> Photos courtesy Saline County Sheriff's Office
The Dodge Ram received driver's side and roof damage in the accident. Photos courtesy Saline County Sheriff's Office

Last night's high winds are believed to have contributed to a rollover on Interstate 70 (I-70) Sunday night.

Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan said this morning that first responders where sent to I-70 at 10:34 p.m. Sunday for the report of a rollover accident near milepost 253 in Saline County.

Lorenzo Drbeagley, 26, of Bluffdale, Utah, was westbound in a blue 2017 Dodge Ram pulling a 20-foot enclosed utility trailer when he attempted to pass a tractor-trailer rig, Soldan said. It is believed that high winds at that time caused Drbeagley to lose control of the pickup, which exited the roadway and rolled onto the driver's side, Soldan explained.

A passenger in the pickup, Mary Nielsen, 18, also of Bluffdale, Utah, received a cut to the forehead and was treated at the scene, he said.