One dead, one critical after motorcycle crash near Alpine Loop
Oct 16, 2022, 6:36 PM | Updated: Oct 17, 2022, 6:53 am
WASATCH COUNTY, Utah — One man is dead, and a woman is in critical condition after a head-on collision between a motorcycle and a car Sunday afternoon.
According to the Wasatch County Sheriff’s Office, the man was driving the motorcycle with the woman when the crash happened on Cascade Springs Drive near state Route 92, also known as the Alpine Loop, at approximately 2:30 p.m.
The man died at the scene while the woman was transported by air ambulance to a local hospital in critical condition.
The occupants of the car were not injured, according to the sheriff’s office.
“Cascade Springs Drive will remain closed for a couple of hours while law enforcement conducts a crash investigation,” reads the sheriff’s office Facebook post.
Crews from Wasatch County Fire, the Utah Highway Patrol, LifeFlight, AirMed, Utah State Parks and the Wasatch County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.
Authorities have not said how the crash happened.