Impairment may have been a factor in a triple-fatality crash Tuesday — caused when the driver of one car crossed the centerline and collided head on with another car on Highway 40 near Heber, the Utah Highway Patrol reported Wednesday.
The possible impairment of Miguel J. Huitron, 27, of Salt Lake City, who was pronounced dead at the scene, is being investigated as a factor in the 7:16 a.m. crash, the UHP said.
Huitron was driving east in a sedan when he crossed the line a couple of miles north of Heber City and crashed into a westbound sedan.
That sedan was driven by Christina L. Macinauskas, 29, of Heber City, who was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Also pronounced dead at a hospital was Huitron's backseat passenger, Cindy A. Cruz, 27, of West Jordan.
Another of Huitron's passengers suffered "very critical injuries," the UHP reported, and a passenger in Macinauskas' car also suffered serious injuries.
Macinauskas was initially identified by the UHP as being from California.
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