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Utah man was on opioids and kissing his girlfriend when he caused multicar crash that killed a toddler

The last thing the driver of a Pleasant Grove utility truck remembers before the air bag slammed into his face is looking over at his girlfriend and kissing her hand, according to recently unsealed court documents.

Moments after the driver looked away from the road, the utility truck, traveling about 50 mph, hit a red Ford Escape waiting with several other vehicles at a red light at the Provo intersection of 3700 North and University Avenue. The impact caused a chain reaction, pushing it into the car ahead of it, and that vehicle into the one in front of it.