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Alcohol-involved deaths on roads doubled during COVID year

An uptick in road fatalities in the state mirrors national pandemic trends.

(Rick Egan | Tribune file photo) Traffic on 400 South in Salt Lake City is photographed on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. Almost twice as many people died in alcohol-involved crashes on Utah roads in 2020 as they did in 2019, according to data from the Utah Department of Transportation.