Utah Highway Patrol
By Pat Reavy
Posted August 19, 2015
FILLMORE, UTAH
A Washington man was killed in a fiery accident on I-15 near Fillmore early Wednesday.
Derek White, 23, of Sammamish, Washington, was driving a 2004 Honda Civic on I-15 about 12:30 a.m. when he entered a construction zone, according to the Utah Highway Patrol.
"The driver drifted to the left edge of the roadway and then over-corrected to the right. The driver steered sharply back to the left, and the car began to rotate as it left the roadway toward the median," according to the UHP.
White again pulled his wheel sharply to the right and his car came to a stop, sideways in the construction area.
An oncoming semitrailer, apparently not realizing the Honda was disabled, smashed into the driver's side door, the UHP stated.
"Both vehicles left the road to the right, went through the right-of-way fence and came to a stop on the frontage road. The vehicles then caught on fire. The subject driving the red car was pinned in the car," according to the UHP.