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A 23-year-old Washington state man died early Wednesday in the fiery crash of his car and a semi-trailer rig on Interstate 15 near Fillmore.
Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Todd Royce said that Derek J. White, of Sammamish, Wash., was driving north when his 2004 Honda Civic entered a construction zone near mile post 170 about 12:30 a.m. White drifted to the left edge of the roadway, overcorrected to the right, and then went into a spin that took him into the median.
White's car then re-entered the northbound lanes backwards and slid to a stop facing sideways in the left lane, where the semi struck the car broadside.
Both vehicles careened through a right-of-way fence, coming to a halt on a frontage road, where both then caught fire.
White was pinned inside his car and died at the scene.
The semi's driver escaped uninjured, Royce said.
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