OGALLALA, Neb. (AP) – Authorities have arrested the driver of a semitrailer that was involved in a fiery crash that killed five people in western Nebraska.
The Nebraska State Patrol says the truck and several vehicles were involved in the collision that happened around 11:30 a.m. Mountain time Sunday near Brule in Keith County. The patrol says the pileup began when the truck struck the back of a van on westbound Interstate 80. Three more vehicles soon were involved.
The patrol says six people were taken to an Ogallala hospital and three of them later were flown to Colorado hospitals. It’s unclear whether any of the six were among the five who died.
Court records don’t show that the truck driver has been formally charged. He was treated at a hospital in Julesburg, Colorado.