Ren Hatt, the mayor of Green River, died in a car accident Friday night on U.S. 6.

“Our community is heartbroken today,” the city posted Saturday on its Facebook page .

According to a news release from the Utah Highway Patrol, Hatt was headed east on U.S. 6 about eight miles west of Green river, when a westbound semitrailer truck drifted into oncoming traffic.

The semitruck collided with the Hyundai Palisade that Hatt was driving, killing him, UHP said. The semitruck driver was not injured, according to the release.

Officials said they were not sure what caused the semitruck driver to drift into Hatt’s lane, but the release said they do not suspect that the driver was impaired.

Hatt, 40, recently won reelection to lead Green River for a second term. He grew up in the rural, southeas

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