Mother, son killed in Utah County crash were on way to birthday celebration

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A mother and son were on their way to celebrate her birthday Saturday when both were killed in a car crash in Utah County, a family friend said.

Amanda Sessions, middle, was killed in a car crash in Utah County on Saturday, May 28, along with her son Gage, right. Pictured on the left is her daughter, Kennydi.

Amanda Sessions, 35, and her 13-year-old son Gage Jeffries, of Herriman, “were loved and cherished by all that knew them,” a friend wrote on apage for the family. “Amanda was one of the best examples of selflessness I have ever seen. ... And Gage was such a funny kid and so full of wit.” According to the Utah Highway Patrol, the mother and child were traveling southbound on State Route 68 west of Utah Lake in a Hyundai Elantra as they headed to the celebration. Around 1:30 p.m. at mile marker 12, their car went off the road to the right, then overcorrected to the left and entered the northbound lane, where it was T-boned by a Jeep Grand Cherokee, troopers said.The boy died on impact when the Jeep struck the Hyundai on the passenger side of the car, authorities said.

 

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