A man and woman are dead after their vehicle collided with a school bus at the intersection of 3200 North and Beryl Highway in Beryl, Utah, on Tuesday. The bus was carrying only a driver and a school aide at the time of the crash — no children were aboard.
Iron County Sheriff Ken Carpenter said the school bus was traveling north on Beryl Highway while the passenger vehicle was headed east on 3200 North when the two collided, according to KSL News. The man and woman who died were both occupants of the passenger vehicle, with the man behind the wheel. Investigators have identified the man, the sheriff said, but were still working to confirm the woman's identity.
The bus driver and school aide were both taken for medical evaluation following the crash. Per Carpenter's account, one of them was transported to a local hospital while the other was flown by helicopter to be checked out, KSL reported. Their conditions have not been detailed.
Investigation Still Underway
Carpenter told KSL the collision remains under investigation, with deputies interviewing witnesses in an effort to reconstruct what happened. The sheriff said he was not in a position to speculate on what caused the crash while that work continues. A separate, low-confidence account from ABC4 describes the bus as having rolled over and says Iron County Sheriff's Office personnel were dispatched to the scene at approximately 11:28 a.m., though that detail has not been corroborated elsewhere.
Beryl Highway's History of Serious Crashes
The stretch of road has seen other deadly and severe wrecks in recent years. In October 2021, a pregnant woman was killed in a single-vehicle rollover several miles north of Beryl Junction, according to St. George News. That crash involved a black Dodge pickup with an extended cab, and all occupants were ejected; the Iron County sheriff at the time said preliminary information suggested the truck was traveling at a high rate of speed when it hit a sharp curve.
In a separate incident near Beryl Junction, a northbound Ford F-250 struck a middle-aged man who was in the roadway, causing severe injuries, the outlet's report notes. That pedestrian was airlifted to a local hospital for emergency treatment, and the sheriff's office said the case remained under investigation.
No further details have been released about Tuesday's crash, and officials have not said what led the two vehicles into the intersection at the same time. KSL News says its report will be updated as more information becomes available.
