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KSL TV SALT LAKE CITY – Utah Highway Patrol and 20 other agencies conducted a special distracted driving enforcement effort state-wide this weekend looking for those whose eyes were not on the road. UHP alone pulled over 2,449 drivers, 68 of them were distracted, 13 were driving under the influence, and 69 were engaging in reckless behavior. At the virtual Zero Fatalities Safety Summit Tuesday, one Utah woman shared why it's never worth texting and driving. Leslee Henson Rasmussen and her husband David moved to St. George in 2012. "We'd only been there five months when our lives did change ...

ST. GEORGE — A 45-year-old man died after his motorcycle was struck by a vehicle turning into a parking lot on Thursday, officials said. Around 7:10 a.m., the motorcyclist was traveling southbound on Dixie Drive when a northbound car took a left turn into a parking lot near 800 North and struck the motorcycle in the roadway, according to St. George police officer Tiffany Atkin. Atkin said that the motorcyclist attempted to lay his bike down, and the bike slid about 50 feet. The motorcyclist died en route to the hospital, Atkin said. The motorcyclist was going at least 40 mph, which is the ...