Long backups after chain-reaction crash on WB I-80 in Wyoming
Sep 21, 2022, 5:00 PM
One of the crashes on WB I-80 in Wyoming today. (Lt. Matt Arnell/Wyoming Highway Patrol)
(Lt. Matt Arnell/Wyoming Highway Patrol)
One truck driver was injured and there were backups for miles after several crashes on WB I-80 in Wyoming on Wednesday.
Lt. Matt Arnell of the Wyoming Highway Patrol said the crashes happened near MP 31.
The chain reaction began when a semi traveling slowly up an incline was hit from behind by another truck. This first crash breached the load of one of the semis, spilling cans across the roadway.
The next crash happened about a mile from the original crash, Arnell said. One truck hit another truck from behind, causing a spilled load of rolled wire.
At one point Arnell said the backup from the original crash was nine miles long.
One of the truck drivers in the crashes had to be extricated from a truck and was transported to a hospital with minor injuries.
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