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The first crash occurred at around 2:10 p.m. on May 8. The sheriff’s office received reports of a motorcycle accident on County Road 143 near the entrance of Canyonlands National Park.
Park rangers were first on scene, officials said, and performed life-saving measures on the individual. However, the motorcycle rider — whose identity has not yet been released — died on scene. Authorities are still trying to make contact with next of kin at this time.
The second crash occurred shortly after 3 p.m. on May 8. The sheriff’s office received reports of a rollover crash on County Road 313 near the Lisbon Valley Mine. An EMT from the mine was reportedly first on scene and performed life-saving measures on the individual. However, the victim was pronounced dead on scene.
The sheriff’s office is currently trying to notify next of kin in this case as well.
“The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office would like to offer our condolences to the families involved and thank everyone that assisted in both these incidents on 05/08/25 from the Utah Highway Patrol, National Park Service, EMT from Libson Valley Mine, LaSal Fire, LaSal EMS, Monticello EMS and our Deputies,” a press release from the sheriff’s office states.
“The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office would also like to remind everyone that is driving around in our county to PLEASE drive carefully, with the warmer weather there is an increased number of people on our roads going from point A to point B. We would also like to remind everyone not to drink and drive, wear your seatbelts and obey the speed limits. Most crashes we respond to and serious injuries could be avoided if people followed those three simple rules.”
No further information is available at this time.
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