A Utah tow-truck driver who dropped a 31,000-pound bulldozer onto an SUV in Ogden Canyon, killing a CEO and his teenage daughter, has been ordered to serve the stiffest sentence the judge could impose. A jury earlier convicted Michael John Love, 53, of two counts of negligent homicide, aggravated assault, and two counts of obstruction of justice in the July 6, 2024, crash that killed Lifetime Products CEO Richard Hendrickson, 57, and 16-year-old Sally Hendrickson, KSL reports. The improperly secured bulldozer slid off Love's truck on a winding road, shearing off the top of the vehicle Richard Hendrickson was driving. Another daughter, Mollie, was badly injured.
Though state guidelines pointed to probation, 2nd District Judge Craig Hall rejected that, ordering the terms to run consecutively for a potential prison sentence of four to 23 years. The state's Board of Pardons and Parole will determine how long Love spends behind bars. Hall called leniency "not an appropriate sentence," citing Love's "extensive criminal history" and efforts to conceal his failure to secure the load. "While the family was crushed beneath your bulldozer, you did not rush to their aid; instead, you removed the tie-down chains from their storage locations and threw them over the truck to make it appear as though the bulldozer had been properly secured," the judge said, per Fox 13.
Hall said he was shocked to see Love had 60 offenses on his record, including theft, assault, burglary, and impaired driving. "Most alarmingly, your criminal history already includes a prior offense for failure to secure load," the judge said. Love apologized to the family, admitting that he "screwed up" and saying he thinks about the incident every day and night. "I didn't do it on purpose, and I'm sorry that it happened," Love said. "And if I could take it back, I would."
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