(KUTV) –
State Route 92 through American Fork Canyon was closed for much of Sunday morning after a fatal motorcycle accident.
Around 3:10 a.m., a young motorcyclist was driving west through the gorge when he couldn’t negotiate a corner and crashed, according to the Utah Highway Patrol. The driver died on the scene, officials say.
“The cause of the accident is unknown at the time,” said the soldiers, noting that the driver was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident.
The victim is a man in his early 20s from Utah County. He had not been publicly identified at the time of this report.
SR-20 reopened at 1 p.m. on Sunday, UHP confirmed.
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