CASPER, Wyo. (Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune) — A highway patrol report says a collision between two semi-trucks led one to jack-knife across westbound lanes of a Wyoming highway and cause a pileup that killed three people.
The Casper Star-Tribune reports the crash involving about 30 vehicles including additional semi-trucks occurred March 1 on Interstate 80.
The Wyoming Highway Patrol says in a preliminary report published this week that there was a second large accident nearby minutes later that did not result in any deaths.
Highway Patrol Sgt. Jeremy Beck says the two accident scenes involved about 80 vehicles in separate collisions.