A Salt Lake man with a history of impaired driving has been charged with causing a crash that killed a motorcyclist in American Fork.
AMERICAN FORK — A Salt Lake man with a history of impaired driving was charged Friday with causing a crash that killed a motorcyclist in American Fork.
Daniel Lance Foster, 51, is charged in 4th District Court with negligently operating a vehicle resulting in death, a second-degree felony; DUI with prior offenses, a third-degree felony; and drinking alcohol in a vehicle, a class C misdemeanor. On May 12, Foster was pulling out of a business onto West State Road near 100 North in American Fork to make a left turn when a northbound motorcycle "crashed into the driver side rear quarter panel of the truck. The impact caused the truck to spin around 180 degrees and face the parking lot it just exited," a police booking affidavit states.. He leaves behind five children, ages 3 to 11 years old. He was a diesel mechanic for the Utah Department of Transportation.
"The motorcyclist was going approximately 58 mph in a 35 mph zone and tried to stop, but was unable to and hit the back of the truck. However, the motorcyclist had the right of way. Moreover, while initially told officers that he did not see the motorcycle, he later told officers that he saw the motorcycle, but believed he had time to make the turn," charging documents state.
A half-empty bottle of alcohol was found in Foster's vehicle. He was unable to competed field sobriety tests as he was "deemed to be too emotional to complete the tests," the charges say., or more than four times the legal limit, according to the charges. Prosecutors noted that even though the test was taken about three hours after the crash, Foster still had a very high blood-alcohol content.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Real Salt Lake, Timbers play to scoreless drawKUTV CBS 2 provides local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of events and items of interest in the community, sports and entertainment programming for Salt Lake City and nearby towns and communities in the Great Salt Lake area, including Jordan Meadows, Millcreek, Murray, Holladay, Kearns, West Valley City, West Jordan, South Jordan, Sandy, Draper, Riverton, Bluffdale, Herriman, Magna, Bountiful, Centerville, Cottonwood Heights, Alpine, Highland, Summit Park, Park City, Heber City, Grantsville, Farmington, Kayville, Layton, Syracuse, Clearfield, Morgan, Roy, Ogden, American Fork, Orem, Provo, Springville, Spanish Fork, Payson, Nephi, and Tooele.
Read more »
Environmentalists celebrate 40-acre wetland expansion into Layton along Great Salt Lake's coastThe Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve expands into Layton with 40 acres of new wetlands to clean stormwater and preserve and foster life on the Great Salt Lake.
Read more »
Real Salt Lake scoreless again in draw with PortlandSandy • Real Salt Lake’s Zac MacMath and the Portland Timbers’ Aljaz Ivacic both finished with four saves as the two clubs played to a scoreless tie after a very lengthy weather delay to start the match on Wednesday night.
Read more »
Living Traditions Festival happening this weekend in Salt Lake CityUtahns have an opportunity to enjoy food, live performances and art from a variety of cultures that make up the Beehive State at the free Living Traditions Festival in Salt Lake City this weekend.
Read more »
New wetlands project near Great Salt Lake is nature's great cleanserThe Freeport Drain of 40 acres of wetlands is the brainchild of Chris Brown, who is the stewardship director of The Nature Conservancy in Utah, and Mike Kolendrianos, manager of the Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve.
Read more »
Salt Lake City in center ice mix if NHL team relocatesWeeks after Jazz owner Ryan Smith said plans to bring an NHL team to Utah were 'in motion,' those dreams may now be in the power play stage.
Read more »