ST. GEORGE — Three people were confirmed dead after a wrong-way driver caused a major crash, according to the Utah Highway Patrol.

In an X post from the Utah Department of Transportation, the crash closed the northbound lane of Interstate 15, estimated to be open at 11:20 p.m.

Sgt. Andrew Battenfield with UHP said a single vehicle got on Interstate 15 southbound at exit 5 in the northbound lanes.

Battenfield said the driver crashed into a 2019 Toyota Highlander head-on and died on the scene . The Department of Public Safety said the driver was a 90-year-old female.

DPS said the Toyota had four occupants, with the female driver and a male front-seat passenger who both died at the scene.

“Two females in the back seat were transported by air to the hospital with non-life-threatening i

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