5 individuals died and others had been injured in crashes brought on by a wrong-way driver in Wyoming

SINCLAIR, Wyo. — A sequence of crashes brought on by a wrong-way driver on Interstate 80 killed 5 individuals and critically injured others in south-central Wyoming.

The motive force has been arrested on suspicion of driving whereas impaired, in accordance with a Wyoming Freeway Patrol assertion.

Freeway Patrol troopers bought phrase of the Dodge Ram headed east within the westbound lanes minutes earlier than the pickup truck collided with a passenger automotive and industrial truck close to Sinclair on Sunday evening. The motive force of one other industrial truck then swerved onto the median to keep away from the wreck, in accordance with the assertion Monday.

The second industrial truck crossed the freeway and hit an eastbound Ford F-150 pickup truck head on, engulfing the 2 vehicles in flames.

The second crash killed all 5 individuals contained in the Ford pickup. Others had been taken to hospitals with crucial accidents.

The patrol assertion didn’t say what number of others had been injured or establish anybody concerned, together with the alleged wrong-way driver.