SINCLAIR, Wyo. (AP) — A series of crashes attributable to a wrong-way driver on Interstate 80 killed five people and seriously injured others in south-central Wyoming.
The motive force has been arrested on suspicion of driving while impaired, in accordance with a Wyoming Highway Patrol statement.
Highway Patrol troopers got word of the Dodge Ram headed east within the westbound lanes minutes before the pickup truck collided with a passenger automotive and industrial truck near Sinclair on Sunday night. The motive force of one other industrial truck then swerved onto the median to avoid the wreck, in accordance with the statement Monday.
The second industrial truck crossed the highway and hit an eastbound Ford F-150 pickup truck head on, engulfing the 2 trucks in flames.
The second crash killed all five people contained in the Ford pickup. Others were taken to hospitals with critical injuries.
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The patrol statement didn’t say what number of others were injured or discover anyone involved, including the alleged wrong-way driver.
Sinclair is about 140 miles (225 kilometers) west of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and 300 miles (480 kilometers) east of Salt Lake City.
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