A Santaquin police officer was hit and killed by a semitruck early Sunday. The officer was killed while assisting on a call. It ended up being a “suspicious” call, and the driver ran over the officer and killed him, Santaquin Police Lt. Mike Wall said.

A police officer in Utah was killed after a semi-truck driver tried to flee a traffic stop and fatally struck him, according to officials.

A Santaquin police officer who died after he was struck by a semi-truck on I-15 has been identified as Sgt. Bill Hooser.

Michael Aaron Jayne, 41, allegedly struck and killed a Santaquin police officer while trying to flee a traffic stop on Interstate 15 in Utah early Sunday.

Santaquin police Sgt. Bill Hooser was raised in Utah and had worked with the Santaquin Police department since 2017. He was killed Sunday when authorities say a man intentionally crashed a semitruck into his patrol vehicle.

A Santaquin Police officer was hit and killed by a semi-truck in Santaquin Sunday morning, according to Spanish Fork Police, Fire, and EMS.

The driver of a semi-truck allegedly struck and killed a police officer in Utah while fleeing a traffic stop on Sunday, May 5, authorities said. The Utah Highway Patrol received a 911 call early Sunday reporting that a person was standing on the back of a semi-truck while it was traveling northbound on Interstate 15.