Trucker Killed in Fiery Crash on I-80 in Wyoming
One particular person was killed and one other injured in a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 80 final Tuesday, the Wyoming Freeway Patrol says.
The crash occurred round 12:24 p.m. close to milepost 123.4, roughly 20 miles east of Rock Springs.
In line with a crash abstract, 51-year-old Arizona resident Kenneth Streeter was headed west within the left-hand lane when he sideswiped a pickup along with his semi, inflicting the pickup to run off the highway and roll a number of occasions.
Streeter’s rig then crossed the median, collided with an eastbound semi, and went off the interstate the place it jackknifed and caught hearth.
The abstract says witnesses tried to get Streeter out of the semi, nevertheless it rapidly grew to become totally engulfed in flames they usually had been unable to save lots of him.
The abstract says the driving force of the eastbound semi was capable of safely cease within the ditch, nevertheless it didn’t give any particulars concerning the pickup driver’s accidents, and a message to the patrol in search of extra info was not instantly returned.
Driver inattention and driver fatigue/asleep are being investigated as potential contributing elements.
