A head-on collision Wednesday on U-201 took the life of one woman and seriously injured another.

The identity of the woman killed had not been released Wednesday pending notification of relatives.The accident occurred about 7 a.m. on the eastbound lanes of U-201 at 5600 West after a passenger car and van collided head-on. The Buick sedan was apparently traveling the wrong way on the busy expressway, a Utah Highway Patrol dispatcher said.

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Each vehicle had only one occupant, dispatchers said. The driver of the car was found dead upon the arrival of emergency crews. The driver of the van, also a woman, was transported to LDS Hospital via helicopter with serious injuries.

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