A Mancos couple and their infant died Sunday in a head-on collision on U.S. Highway 191 north of Moab, Utah, while traveling home from a softball tournament in Vernal, Utah.
According to a GoFundMe set up for the family by Tel Hamilton, the crash resulted in the death of Derick Hurst, 31, Shay Hurst, 28, and Skylar Hurst, 3 months.
Two of their sons, Jamie and Dean Hurst, were injured in the crash. One was taken to a hospital, while the other was airlifted to Salt Lake City.
According to the Utah Department of Public Safety, the Hursts’ Chevrolet Suburban was southbound when it entered the northbound lane and struck a motor home head-on about 6 miles south of Interstate 70.
They were described as a “local family that is loved by all.” They have five surviving children.
Derick Hurst was a Mancos High School graduate who worked at Nice Electric before his death. He was also a pewee wrestling and football coach in Dolores. He and Shay were married in 2021, according to Facebook.
Shay Hurst was a Montezuma-Cortez High School graduate who attended Walden University upon her high school graduation in 2014. She worked at both Axis Health System and as a certified medical assistant and phlebotomist at Southwest Health System, but was not working at either of those institutions at the time of her death.
A GoFundMe for the couple’s children has raised $26,964 as of Monday.
