GREEN RIVER, Utah — A mayor from a small Utah town has died in a head-on crash with a semi truck, as reported by KTVX in Salt Lake City.
The crash reportedly occurred near Green River on Friday.
Utah’s Department of Public Safety (DPS) identified the deceased as a 40-year-old man, the city of Green River posted on social media about the loss of Mayor Ren Hatt in the accident.
“Our community is heartbroken today,” the city’s Facebook post read.
“We are saddened to share that Mayor Hatt, Ren, was involved in a fatal crash late last night on Highway 6 east of Green River. According to the Utah Highway Patrol, a semi truck drifted into the eastbound lane and struck his vehicle. The investigation is ongoing. Mayor Hatt loved this community deeply, and he served it with honesty, kindness, and unwavering commitment. We are grieving alongside his family, friends, and all who knew him. We will share more information when it becomes appropriate. For now, we ask everyone to hold his family in their thoughts during this difficult time.”
Bruce Guthrie is an award-winning journalist who has lived in three states including Arkansas, Missouri and Georgia. During his nearly 20-year career, Bruce has served as managing editor and sports editor for numerous publications. He and his wife, Dana, who is also a journalist, are based in Carrollton, Georgia.
wow wonder why no nationality or race of a truck driver involved in Utah mayor crash was listed
Why would the nationality or ethnicity of the semi driver matters? the mayor is dead,any driver,car,truck,motorcycle can drift into the wrong lane and race,origin nothing else matters.
May he R.I.P. and may his family find peace and comfort as well as the strenght to carry on.
So you’re saying the nationality of a truck driver doesn’t matter, but when it’s one of those indian truck drivers, you actually parade those indians all over social media and cheer and make fun of them.. Racism in trucking industry will be the end of the trucking industry. Okay, the real problem is not these migrant truck drivers. The real problem is, these mega carriers and the brokers who’ve been robbing the truck drivers and capitalizing of them, the race baitings will not make the rates or the freights go up