Providence mother killed in head-on crash with 15-year-old driver

SALT LAKE CITY — A Providence mother was killed in a head-on crash with a 15-year-old driver near Smithfield on Saturday.Samantha Perkes, 28, was westbound on state Route 218 in her Pontiac Grand Am when a teen with a learner's permit driving an eastbound Ford Fusion drifted into the oncoming lane about 3:40 p.m., according to Utah Highway Patrol Lt. Lee Perry.While the vehicle in front of Perkes was able to veer out of the way, Perkes wasn't."As they got close, (the front driver) realized