Juab County Deputy Tracy Davidson, 28, Nephi was killed July 25, 1998, in an accident on the Brush Wellman Highway three miles west of the Intermountain Power Plant near Delta, a spokesman for the Millard County Sheriff's Office said. Davidson was returning with two passengers from west Juab County when his Bronco drifted to the left and hit a concrete culvert guard. The vehicle then traveled off the right shoulder of the highway and rolled. was ejected from the vehicle. His two passengers, both of Nephi, suffered minor injuries.

As one of the passengers attended to Davidson's injuries, the other walked the three miles to the power plant to summon help. Two power plant employees returned with him to the scene of the accident and administered CPR to the injured deputy while ambulances were being dispatched from Delta. Davidson was taken to the Delta Community Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

"Davidson had been to the desert with two men from Nephi who had seen the report regarding Jeff Allen, who has been missing for a week," said Juab County Sheriff David Carter. "The two men had seen what they thought might be a grave and had traveled to the site with Tracy." The trip to the desert to the suspected burial site proved unhelpful in the search for Allen. "It turned out not to be a fresh grave," Carter said. "His death is such an unexpected tragedy and we will miss him and the work he did for us. He was a good friend to all who worked in our department," Carter said of Davidson.