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As of July 2022, eight people in Utah have died in crashes this year after someone got on the highway going the wrong direction. That number is close to setting a five-year record with five months still left in the year.
As of Monday, there had been 43 crashes involving wrong-way drivers on Utah’s roads so far in 2022, resulting in seven deaths, according to the Utah Highway Patrol.
A deadly weekend on Utah's roads involving wrong-way drivers prompted a plea on Monday from state officials for drivers to be more responsible.
There have been 33 crashes involving a wrong-way driver in just the first two months of 2022. Three of those crashes resulted in someone's death.
A state trooper is recovering from some minor injuries after he made the split-second decision to force a wrong-way driver off the road.\n