Carbon County Sheriff’s Office Press Release
On Saturday at approximately 8:45 p.m., a fifteen-year-old male was riding his dirt bike northbound, adjacent to Lower Miller Creek Road. At the same time, a semi-truck with a pup trailer was traveling eastbound on Ridge Road. As the male juvenile on his dirt bike approached the intersection of Lower Miller Creek Road and Ridge Road the dirt bike struck the side of the semi.
The fifteen-year-old male was taken to the hospital by ambulance, but later passed away from his injuries. The accident investigation is still on going.