UPDATED: Authorities identify driver killed in rollover crash on Old Dixie Highway 91

Written by Stephanie DeGraw
June 4, 2024
A 43-year-old woman died as a result of a rollover crash on Old Dixie Highway 91 southwest of the Shivwits Band of Paiutes Reservation Tuesday afternoon, Shivwitz, Utah, June 4, 2024 | Photo by Stephanie DeGraw, St. George News

ST. GEORGE — The 43-year-old woman who died in a rollover crash on Old Dixie Highway 91 southwest of the Shivwits Band of Paiutes Reservation Tuesday afternoon has been identified.

The driver killed in the crash has been identified as Jamie Lynn Custer, said Sgt. Lucas Alfred with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday evening.

The crash was reported Tuesday shortly after 2 p.m., when emergency responders were dispatched to the scene of a rollover near mile marker 8 on Old Dixie Highway 91.

Washington County Sheriff’s Deputy Graham Hancock confirmed in an email to St. George News the driver “succumbed to their injuries on scene” after the “vehicle left the roadway” and “rolled before coming to rest.”

While the crash remains under investigation, Hancock said a witness, who was driving southbound, said the woman driver passed them but was “unable to maintain the lane while swerving.”

“The witness claimed and evidence shows the vehicle left the roadway and appeared to over correct crossing the roadway exiting on the northbound side of the road,” Hancock said.

Several deputies were on scene to investigate the crash and direct traffic on the two-lane highway. The vehicle that rolled was heavily damaged some 50-plus feet from the roadway.

The highway was closed as a reconstruction team conducted an investigation but has since been reopened.

Family notifications have been made and no further details were available. This is a developing story.

This report is based on statements from court records, police or other responders and may not contain the full scope of findings.

Updated June 5, 2024, 7:30 p.m.: Identity of deceased driver added.

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Stephanie DeGraw is an award-winning journalist. For 25 years, she engaged in journalism, broadcasting and public relations. DeGraw worked for the Salt Lake Tribune, Associated Press and The City Journals. She was a reporter for a CBS television station in Twin Falls, Idaho. She graduated from Weber State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism and Broadcasting.

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