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A semitrailer collided Saturday afternoon with a pickup truck in Spanish Fork Canyon, killing one man and leaving another in critical condition.
The accident took place about 2:45 p.m. near Birdseye when the semitrailer, carrying mattresses, hit the Silver Ford F-150 on U.S. Highway 89 near milepost 305, said Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Todd Johnson.
The driver of the pickup, a 24-year-old Trent Walker, died at the scene, Johnson said. Walker had been driving home from a funeral when the accident happened, he said.
The semitrailer driver, 45-year-old Slobodan Spanovic, was flown by helicopter in critical condition to University Hospital in Salt Lake City. An updated condition report was unavailable late Saturday.
