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CEDAR CITY — Police identified on Wednesday an Arizonan who died following a police pursuit that ended with a crash in southern Utah on April 20, according to the Utah Highway Patrol.
According to a news release from the Department of Public Safety, a pursuit began on a vehicle in Iron County. The pursuit continued to U.S. 89 in Kane County with officers from several agencies involved in the chase.
Tire spikes were deployed at the intersection of U.S. 89 and state Route 14, according to the release.
However, the individual continued to drive south on U.S. 89. A short time later, a second set of tire spikes was deployed by a deputy with the Kane County Sheriff's Office.
The individual crashed the vehicle into the deputy's unoccupied vehicle. The individual, identified Wednesday as Iverson Latrell Black, 24, of Page, Arizona, died from injuries sustained in the crash.
No information was provided on why the vehicle was being pursued by police. The Iron, Garfield, Beaver and Kane County Protocol Team were investigating the incident.
