Wyomingite Killed in Wrong-Way Crash With Semi on I-80 in Laramie

A 51-year-old Wyoming man is dead after driving the wrong way on Interstate 80 in Laramie and crashing head-on into a semi, the Wyoming Highway Patrol says.

The crash happened around 12:17 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 21, at milepost 316.4, near the Grand Avenue exit.

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According to a fatality crash summary, Jose Manuel Aldaz was driving a Subaru Impreza westbound in the eastbound lanes when he collided head-on with a Freightliner truck-tractor combination unit.

The trucker was not injured in the crash, but Aldaz didn't survive.

The summary says the interstate was wet and the weather was clear at the time of the crash, but it does not list any possible contributing factors.

Calls to the WHP seeking more information were not immediately returned.

This is the second wrong-way driver to be killed in a collision with a semi on I-80 in Wyoming this year.

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UPDATE:

According to Trooper Ryan Gerdes, Aldaz was a Laramie resident. He says the trucker was out of Jacksonville, Florida.

"I'm not sure if alcohol was involved," he said.

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