Body found in partially submerged car near SR-201 and Bangerter Highway
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (KUTV) — UPDATE (Dec. 22) -- The family of a woman who had been missing for about a month confirmed on Facebook that the body found inside the car is hers.
Valerie Gardner, 46, had been missing since Nov. 26, 2021, when she last contacted her family. She was last seen driving to work at Sundance Catalog in West Valley City.
(ORIGINAL STORY) -- A body has been recovered from a partially submerged car that was found in a ditch near State Route 201 and Bangerter Highway Tuesday evening.
Utah Highway Patrol troopers were first called out to reports of a passenger car in a ditch near the northbound Bangerter Hwy on-ramp to eastbound SR-201 around 6 p.m.
Upon arriving on scene, troopers found a car partially submerged in water with the body of an individual inside.
Details about the deceased were not immediately available Tuesday evening.
Troopers said that that the car was still covered in snow when it was discovered and they believe that the car was likely in the ditch before the most recent snowstorms.
UHP is investigating the cause of the crash as well as the cause of death for the person found in the car.
This is a developing story, 2News will update as more information is made available.
