WELLS, Nev. (AP)-The Nevada Highway Patrol is investigating the death of a pedestrian who was hit by a car in the dark on Interstate 80 in northeast Nevada near Wells, Nev. The patrol identified the victim of Monday night’s accident as 24-year-old Prajedix Flores of West Wendover. The driver of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Highway Patrol warned of hazardous driving conditions Wednesday, saying wet pavement contributed to four rollovers of tractor-trailer rigs on major highways. The Highway Patrol reported rollovers early Wednesday on Interstate 80 in Salt Lake City and in Summit County and on Interstate 15 […]
SKULL VALLEY, Utah (AP) — The Utah Highway Patrol says a wrong-way vehicle caused a head-on crash on Interstate 80 west of metro Salt Lake City. The Highway Patrol shut down I-80 in the Skull Valley area Tuesday morning while landing a helicopter to pick up a person who was […]
ELKO, Nev. (AP) — The Federal Highway Administration has issued an environmental excellence award to state wildlife and transportation officials for creating wildlife safety crossings on special highway overpasses in northeast Nevada. The award recognizes nine safety crossings installed on Interstate 80 in Elko County between Wendover and Wells, and […]
WELLS, Nev. (AP) — The Latest on a train derailment that closed U.S. Interstate 80 in northeast Nevada for more than an hour (all times local): 2:45 p.m. The Union Pacific Railroad says it is investigating the cause of the derailment of a freight train in northeast Nevada that briefly […]
EVANSTON, Wyo. (AP) — Three people were killed and four others were injured in a crash on Interstate 80 in southwest Wyoming. The Wyoming Highway Patrol says 38-year-old Marco Carr, of Salt Lake City, rear-ended a tractor-trailer near Evanston late Wednesday night, and his minivan was then hit by another […]
WEST WENDOVER, Nev. (AP) — Elko County sheriff’s deputies are investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting over the weekend on the Nevada-Utah line. The West Wendover, Nevada police department reports one of its officers shot and killed the driver of a small pickup who produced a knife during a pursuit Saturday […]
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Latest on a crash on Interstate 80 in western Wyoming (all times local): ___ 5:15 p.m. Traffic is moving on Interstate 80 in western Wyoming again after a crash involving seven tractor trailers and two other vehicles. The pileup Wednesday morning closed I-80 at Evanston. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Highway Patrol says a 19-year-old woman is dead after a rollover crash on Interstate 80 near Lambs Canyon junction. They say the accident occurred before 1 a.m. Sunday. Highway Patrol officials have identified the victim as Sofiea Maya-Flores. They say she was driving […]
HEBER CITY, Utah-June 29, per a report in the Wasatch Wave, a deadly head-on collision occurred at milepost 16 on U.S. Highway 40, claiming the life of a Heber City teen. This was just in front of the Commons Apartments at the northwest entrance into the Heber City around 2700 […]
