A podcaster known for his social media content in support of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been killed in a three-vehicle crash in Lehi.

Chandler David Hendry, founder of the “Restored Truth” podcast and social media channel, was driving westbound when he collided with two other vehicles at the intersection of Timpanogos Highway and Morning Vista Road, according to a Lehi spokesperson.

Hendry was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. He was 27 years old.

Jeanteil Livingston, the spokesperson for Lehi city and police, said officers determined that Hendry ran a red light at 1200 West and was not wearing a seat belt. She said no other serious injuries were reported.

The crash remained under investigation Monday,

In his podcast and social media posts, Hendry, known to many as “Chuck,” explored interfaith dialogue and debate, Christian history, and content about his own faith and beliefs as a Latter-day Saint.

Hendry amassed nearly 48,000 followers on Instagram, about 14,000 on TikTok and more than 12,000 subscribers on YouTube.

His final Instagram video, which posted Thursday, showed him describing his experience at the recent 2026 FAIR Conference.

In it, Hendry showed a picture presented at the conference, which depicted multiple lineages converging on a single vertical line intended to represent Latter-day Saint theology of the afterlife.

Hendry said the picture identified a “link of lineages” that stretches back to Adam.

“That is what the eternities will look like,” he said. “A link of the family unit of God.”

This is a common Latter-day Saint teaching, that families — when “sealed” together in the faith’s temples — will remain together after death.

In a YouTube tribute, fellow Latter-day Saint content creator Jacob Hansen of “Thoughtful Faith” described Hendry as “passionate” and a “big presence” in any room.

Hansen said that ever since they first met a year ago, he could tell that Hendry was always up for a debate among believers of any faith.

“There’s an online LDS community of content creators, especially people who engage in apologetics,” Hansen said, “and Chandler was right in there with all of us.”

Jeff McCullough, an evangelical pastor exploring Utah’s predominant religion on his “Hello Saints channel,” expressed his remorse at the news.

“I am so deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Chandler Hendry from ‘Restored Truth.’ He was an influential, up-and-coming voice in the LDS apologetics space,” McCullough wrote. “And though it was clear that he quite passionately disagreed with my beliefs, at the end of the day, he is a fellow image-bearer ... and a son, brother, husband and friend to many. Praying for God’s mercy and presence in the lives of those affected by this tragic loss.”

Shaun McKnight, a Latter-day Saint and father of the YouTuber twins Brooklyn and Bailey, said in a social media post on X that Hendry was almost like a “little brother” he had never met.

“I stumbled onto his content not long after he started on TikTok,” McKnight said, “and was immediately drawn to his ability to explain biblical Christianity with ease.”

Hendry leaves behind a wife, AnaLynn Hudson Hendry, who he married in American Fork’s Mount Timpanogos Temple.

A GoFundMe page has been set up for Hendry’s wife and parents to cover funeral costs and other expenses. A candlelight vigil also was planned for Monday at 7 p.m. at the Latter-day Saint meetinghouse at 11300 Highland Blvd. in Highland.

Note to readers • Dylan Eubank is a Report for America corps member covering faith in Utah County for The Salt Lake Tribune. Your donation to match our RFA grant helps keep him writing stories.