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Police have released dash-cam video of a head-on collision that killed one man and burned another last week near Wellsville, Utah.
The video was taken by a law enforcement vehicle that was trailing a suspect on Wednesday, July 26. After several 911 calls of reckless and erratic driving, police attempted to pull over a Chevy pick-up truck on Highway 89 / 91 in Wellsville. The driver, heading southbound, appeared to disregard the officer's attempts to pull him over according to a release from Logan City.
Seconds later, the black truck veered left into oncoming traffic and struck a semi truck loaded with sand.
Police said the truck was speeding and at the point of impact there was a violent explosion, visible on the video from the pursuing police car.
William Gray was driving the truck and exited the cab on fire, extinguished by a Utah Highway Patrol trooper. He was taken to a local hospital and then taken by air the University of Utah hospital.
Marcos Torres, 26, of Brigham City, was driving the Chevy truck and will killed at the scene.