KANAB, UT : 2 riders headed to Sturgis die in southern Utah crash on U.S. 89 on Thursday, 2nd August 2018

Two people were killed outside of Kanab Thursday when a truck plowed into a group of motorcycle riders headed to Sturgis, South Dakota.

About 11:15 a.m., eight motorcyclists were in a group headed east on U.S. 89 when one of the riders realized he had forgotten a bag at a restaurant in Kanab, according to the Utah Highway Patrol.

"He caught up to the front riders and let them know that he was turning back. He told them he would catch up after he picked up his bag. The one rider stopped to wait for traffic to pass when three other riders stopped with him, some of them in the travel lane," said UHP Lt. Todd Royce.

The riders had just come to a stop when they were hit, he said. The driver of a GMC truck did not see the motorcycles in time."He applied his brakes but was unable to avoid a collision," Royce said.

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