I-80 Crash-01
Photo by Ross Doman, Wyoming Department of Transportation.
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Update on I-80 crash
Interstate 80 reopens after morning crashes between Cheyenne and Laramie
by Wyoming Highway Patrol
September 27, 2009
UPDATE 6:20 PM, Sunday, September 27, 2009: Interstate 80 reopens after morning crashes between Cheyenne and Laramie Photos by Ross Doman, Wyoming Department of Transportation.
Cheyenne – One westbound lane of Interstate 80 has been re-opened between Cheyenne and Laramie after this morning’s crash of a tractor trailer combination and fire at the Remount Interchange at mile post #339, or approximately 28 miles west of Cheyenne. All eastbound lanes have been reopened.
The eastbound tractor trailer combination crossed through the median going into the westbound lanes of travel before it rolled over coming to rest blocking the westbound lanes of travel on the bridge deck at the Remount Interchange.
The tractor trailer was hauling plastic bags and was consumed by fire asthe truck tractor portion of the combination hung over the bridge deck. The driver of the combination, Steven W. Anderson, from Red Wing, Minnesota, suffered very minor injuries.
A subsequent crash on the westbound side of the Interstate involved three tractor trailer combinations and resulted in 4 people being transported to Cheyenne Regional Medical Center in Cheyenne for medical
treatment.
As traffic slowed because of the fire and smoke from the first crash a tractor trailer combination ran into the rear of another tractor trailer combination pushing all of them into the rear of a third tractor trailer combination.
The first combination unit in this crash was driven by 55 year-old Roman Kudakienicz from Woodstock, Ontario, Canada. He was pulling a van type trailer loaded with plastic. Roman was not injured.
The middle combination unit, which was hauling U.S. Mail was driven by 58 year-old Boris T. Ofilov of Chicago, Illinois. Both he and his passenger, 41 year-old Nikolay Slavtchev, also of Chicago were treated and released from Cheyenne Regional Medical Center.
The rear most combination unit was hauling huge rolls of paper. That combination was driven by 47 year-old Mykhaylo Yukhnyuk of Rochester, New York. Yukhnyuk was flown by Life Flight helicopter from the scene to Cheyenne Regional Medical Center. His passenger (wife), 32 year-old Vita Yukhnyuk was in the tractors sleeper at the time of the crash. Both were trapped in the wreckage for approximately 3 hours before being extricated. Both are hospitalized at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center.
Traffic charges are pending for Mykhaylo Yukhnyuk.
During the road closure on Interstate 80, all traffic was re-routed onto WYO 210 between Cheyenne and Laramie.
Both crashes remain under investigation.
For more information contact Sergeant Stephen Townsend, Wyoming Highway Patrol, phone: 307-777-4306.
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