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IVINS, Washington County — A Utah Tech University student was killed Wednesday night when a car carrying three teenagers rolled in Snow Canyon State Park.
The crash happened about 10 p.m., according to Utah State Parks spokeswoman Lindsay Higbee.
Higbee said the driver, a 19-year-old man from Nevada, was going between 70 mph and 100 mph down Snow Canyon Road in a Volkswagen Jetta. Two women, both 18, from Utah, were also riding in the car.
Higbee says investigators believe the vehicle rolled over, traveling around 300 feet before coming to a stop in the Lava Flow Trailhead parking lot. A release from the Santa Clara-Ivins Fire and Rescue said responders to the accident had to use "extraction tools" to access the trio and initiate medical care.
The Nevada man died on scene, Higbee said, and the two women were taken by medical helicopter to a hospital. No identities were released Thursday morning.
There was no official report on the medical status of the two women, but their injuries were serious, according to Higbee, with one woman unconscious and another incoherent.
The cause of the accident is currently being investigated by the Washington County Accident Response team.
This story may be updated.
