FATAL IN CANYON • Brittany Bown, 25, Manti was killed in this accident in Salt Creek Canyon on April 30th. The driver was not wearing a seat belt and slid into the pickup. Photo UHP

By Myrna Trauntvein
Times-News Correspondent

A young Manti woman died as the result of an accident in Salt Creek Canyon on Friday, April 30.
Brittany Tay Bown, 25, Manti, died at the scene.
Maurice Leon Egbert, 48, Provo, was injured in the two-car accident and was taken to Central Valley Hospital where he was treated and later released.
“Ms. Bown, the driver of vehicle one, was driving westbound on SR-132 in Nephi Canyon,” said Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Hoby Metz.
“She lost control of her car and spun around to the left,” Metz said. “The vehicle crossed the double yellow line and was tee boned by an eastbound pickup truck driven by Egbert.”
Bown was driving a 2006 Toyota Scion toward Nephi near Mile Post 137 at the time of the accident. Egbert was headed east toward Sanpete in a 2009 Chevrolet Silverado.
“The roads were slushy at the time and it was snowing,” said Metz. “Ms. Bown was not wearing her seatbelt and died inside her vehicle from the impact.”
Egbert was wearing a seat belt.
“The driver of vehicle one (Bown) also had needle marks on her arm and drug paraphernalia on her person,” said Metz.
The investigating officer was UHP Trooper John Sheets. Assisting with the investigation was UHP Lt. Douglas Rawlinson.