This is an archived article that was published on sltrib.com in 2013, and information in the article may be outdated. It is provided only for personal research purposes and may not be reprinted.
Fairbanks, Alaska • An Idaho man has died in a crash of a pickup truck driven by a Utah man near Fairbanks, Alaska.
Alaska State Troopers say 39-year-old Lacey A. Buttram died Tuesday in a single-vehicle crash near Mile 17 Steese Highway. His hometown was not immediately available.
Troopers took a call on the crash at 7:30 a.m.
Buttram was a passenger in a pickup driven by 29-year-old Jason Johnson of Utah.
The truck was northbound and lost traction on ice on a slight curve at the bottom of a hill.
Troopers say the truck left the road and rolled down a 30-foot embankment.
Johnson and a second passenger, 26-year-old Michael Hiatt, suffered what troopers describe as non-life-threatening injuries. They were taken to Fairbanks Memorial Hospital.
Their hometowns in Utah were not immediately available.