ROY — A single-vehicle crash Friday morning on Interstate 15 that may have begun with an incident of road rage injured a father and one of his two children.
Officials say Chris Devore, 31, of Layton, was driving a white Dodge pickup truck that crashed. Devore was reportedly not wearing a seat belt.
He was taken to Ogden Regional Medical Center, where doctors confirmed Devore had suffered a broken neck and took him into surgery.
A girl, 5, who was in the truck received a few minor cuts from flying glass, and a boy, 2, was not hurt, officials say.
Just before 9 a.m., the pickup rolled onto its top at high speed on southbound I-15 near the 5600 South exit in Roy, said Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Ellis Alexander.
Just moments before the crash, Devore may have been involved in a road rage incident with the driver of another white truck. That driver, identified as John Zeuthen, 49, of Ogden, was not hurt.
"(Devore) didn’t like that he had been passed," Alexander said. "They had been leapfrogging up the highway."
Alexander said the men gave different accounts of the incident, but UHP officials suspect the two exchanged vulgar gestures and cut in front of each other a few times before the crash.
The accident is still under investigation. When the investigation has been completed, UHP will screen charges with the Weber County Attorney’s Office, Alexander said.
So far, he said, it appears Devore may have been the more aggressive of the two drivers.
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ROY -- A single-vehicle crash on Interstate 15 that may have began with an incident of road rage injured a father and one of his two children on Friday morning.
A 31-year-old Layton man, who was driving the white Dogde pickup truck that crashed, was taken to Ogden Regional Medical Center. Doctors later confirmed he suffered a broken neck and he was taken into surgery.
A 5-year-old passenger received a few minor cuts from flying glass and a 2-year-old who was also in the truck was not hurt.
Officials say the pickup rolled onto its top at high speed just before 9 a.m. on southbound I-15 near the 5600 South exit in Roy. Just moments before the crash, the man may have been involved in a road rage incident with a man in another white truck.
"He didn't like that he had been passed," said UHP Sgt. Ellis Alexander. "They had been leapfrogging up the highway."
Alexander said both men give different accounts of the incident, but UHP officials suspect the two may have exchanged vulgar gestures and cut in front of each other a few times before the crash.
The accident is still under investigation, after which the UHP will screen charges with the Weber County Attorney's Office, Alexander said.
The man in the other pickup truck was not hurt.
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