75°F
weather icon Clear

Nevada man reported missing, endangered dies in Utah crash

SALT LAKE CITY — Authorities say a Nevada man reported missing and endangered has died in Utah in a car accident.

Utah Highway Patrol officials say 62-year-old Lief Johansson died at the scene of Saturday’s crash several miles north of Paragonah.

They say the car he was driving stopped in the middle of a lane on Interstate 15 and a semitrailer slammed into it.

State troopers are still investigating why Johansson stopped on the freeway.

Authorities say he was listed as a missing and endangered person with health issues and dementia.

Johansson was living in Henderson, Nevada.

THE LATEST
Police arrest 80 at Israel-Hamas war protest at UC Santa Cruz

Police in riot gear surrounded protesters at the University of California, Santa Cruz, to remove an encampment where pro-Palestinian demonstrations have blocked the main entrance to the campus.

Biden details a 3-phase hostage deal aimed at winding down Israel-Hamas war

Biden added that Hamas is “no longer capable” of carrying out another large-scale attack on Israel as he urged Israelis and Hamas to come to a deal to release the remaining hostages for an extended cease-fire.

2023 set a record for heat deaths. 2024 could be even deadlier

The death certificates of more than 2,300 people who died in the US last summer mention the effects of excessive heat, the highest number in 45 years of records.