
Newly released video catches fatal I-80 pile-up
A new video posted online catches the moment of impact for several trucks involved in the massive pile-up Sunday morning, March 1st, 2020 which claimed the lives of three people. The accident reportedly involved over 100 vehicles happened Sunday morning in the mist of heavy weather conditions near mile market 184 on Interstate 80 in Wyoming.
The newly released video, posted online originally by Linda Florez, captures the moment several trucks, unable to slow down hit the massive pile of crashed vehicles. According to the original video, Florez gave an account of what she witnessed “As we approached the incident we did not notice anything was wrong with the west bound lane because I was focused on the road ahead of me, until I noticed s large white van fly of the westbound road on its side! I yelled at the kids “did you see that”. And there was s man in an orange jacket flagging the eastbound lane. And the semi in-front of us pulled over. I assumed that the eastbound was also in a pileup and pulled over. We tried calling 911 but we just didn’t know where we were on the interstate? Officers began to arrive moments later!!”
The video, which is graphic, shows just how dangerous it is to operate a truck in poor weather conditions.
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