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South Ogden woman killed in I-15 rollover crash remembered for kind heart, caring spirit

South Ogden woman killed in I-15 rollover crash remembered for kind heart, caring spirit

SOUTH OGDEN — Shae Bingham and his wife would've celebrated 10 years of marriage later this year, but after a crash on I-15 Sunday took her life, the widower is now trying to find the strength to go on without her.Erin Bingham, he said, was the most amazing person he had ever met; a devoted mother with a beautiful soul and an outgoing personality. Erin Bingham in an undated photo. The 45-year-old wife and mother is being mourned after she was killed in a rollover crash Sunday in South Salt Lake. (Photo: Shae Bingham) "I always tell people she could walk into a room and, between, you know, her green eyes and her smile, like people would just be drawn to her," he explained. "She could never leave anywhere without making a friend — even the gas station or the grocery store."The South Ogden couple was together for nearly two years before getting married in September 2016.Erin Bingham would often refer to the two as being each other's "forever person," according to Shae Bingham."I know how much she loved me, and I hope she realized how much I loved her," he said. Shae Bingham and Erin Bingham in an undated photo. He is mourning the loss of his wife, who was killed in a rollover crash Sunday in South Salt Lake. (Photo: Shae Bingham) Shae Bingham said his wife had navigated numerous struggles in her life, from addiction to dealing with the death of several family members — including her oldest son, Jaden, who was killed in a UTV crash in 2018. Despite it all, she never let her past stop her from being kind and loving."No matter what she lost or what was taken from her, (or) how she was hurt, it never stopped her from being her," he told KSL.Erin Bingham and her youngest son, Kobe, were heading back home Sunday evening after looking at tires and wheels for her car, a Dodge Charger she had just received for Christmas."She always wanted an all-black muscle car with tinted windows and cool rims," Shae Bingham said.He was able to purchase the vehicle with a Christmas bonus from his employer.But the unimaginable happened as Erin Bingham was driving north on I-15 near 3300 South when a Honda Civic and her car somehow collided with one another, according to the Utah Highway PatrolInvestigators believe the crash caused her to lose control of the car and roll off the right side of the freeway.Erin Bingham and Kobe, who was in the passenger seat, were both thrown from the car, and they both were not wearing seat be

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