BEAVER — A Draper man died after he was struck by a semitruck on Friday while checking his engine at the side of I-15 near Beaver.
Utah Highway Patrol investigators say Joseph C. Hansen, 29, had pulled his vehicle onto the right shoulder of the southbound lanes of the freeway at the north end of Beaver.
Hansen got out of his vehicle, apparently to check his engine, and walked to the front and lifted the hood, according to a UHP report. While his hood was still up, Hansen somehow darted close to or slightly into the right lane of traffic…