WEST VALLEY CITY, UT : 2 killed, 1 critically injured in 2 separate motorcycle crashes near 5400 South and 7000 West in West Valley City on Saturday, 4th August 2018

A man and woman died and another man was critically injured in two separate motorcycle accidents over the weekend, according to police.

About 12:30 a.m. Sunday, a man riding a motorcycle with a female passenger near 5400 South and 7000 West in West Valley City failed to negotiate a turn at high speed and crashed, said West Valley Police Lt. Jeff Conger.

A passerby came across the wreck and called police.

The woman was pronounced dead at the scene and a medical helicopter flew the man to the hospital in critical condition, he said. Conger said the two people are in their 30s. Police have not released their names.

In Orem, a 20-year-old motorcyclist riding an estimated 70 mph crashed into the back of an SUV near 300 S. State just after 9 p.m. Saturday, said Orem Police Lt. Craig Martinez."There was no braking going on on the motorcycle," he said.Two men on sport bikes were going south on State Street when a Ford Expedition carrying a family was turning left across the southbound lanes of State Street to go north, he said.

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