The Utah Highway patrol released the identity of a Salt Lake City man who was killed in an accident in Davis County Friday morning.
Killed was:Max Somerville, 76.
About 7:15 a.m., Somerville was riding northbound on I-15 near 1500 South in a Jeep driven by his grandson, Lance Somerville, 23, of Kearns, when the left rear wheel axle broke and came loose. A Utah Highway Patrol press release said the vehicle slid into some cement barriers on the right side of road.
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The older Somerville was thrown from the vehicle as it rolled over him, according to the release. The younger Somerville was not injured.