Editors note: This story has been updated.
Michael John Love, 52, has been charged with two counts of second-degree felony manslaughter, second-degree felony aggravated assault, third-degree felony obstruction of justice, and a class-A misdemeanor of obstruction of justice, according to charging documents cited in a news report by KSL News.
Love is accused of not having the crawler dozer he was hauling properly secured on the flat bed trailer. According to the news report, police determined that the dozer weighed about 32,000 pounds and exceeded Love’s tow truck’s maximum rating by 4,300 pounds.
Investigators also said Love impeded the investigation at the scene by placing the chains from his storage beds on the tow truck bed to make it look like he had properly secured them.
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A father and daughter have died after they were involved in a crash with a tow truck carrying a crawler dozer that fell on top of their vehicle in Ogden Canyon, Utah.
According to a report from MSN.com, 57-year-old Richard David Hendrickson was driving his family at the time of the crash when a mini bulldozer broke free from a tow truck during a right-hand curve.
One of Richard's daughters, 16-year-old Sally Hendrickson, also died in the accident. Hendrickson’s wife and two of their children were also in the car at the time of the crash and sustained non-life-threatening injuries, according to the report.
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox later mourned the passing of the father and daughter in a post on X.
