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Ren Hatt, the 40-year-old mayor of Green River, Utah, was killed in a head-on collision with a semi-truck

The crash occurred on U.S. Route 6 at around 9:40 p.m. local time on Friday, Dec. 5

Hatt is being remembered as a "dedicated public servant" who "worked tirelessly" for the people of his community

A Utah community is grieving the tragic death of their mayor.

Ren Hatt, mayor of Green River, was killed in a collision with a semi-truck on Friday, Dec. 5, the city confirmed in a social media post on Saturday, Dec. 6.

Officials with the Utah Highway Patrol (UHP) said in a release that the fatal crash occurred on U.S. Route 6 at around 9:40 p.m. local time. A 2021 Freightliner semi-truck was traveling westbound on the highway when, "for an unknown reason," it drifted i

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