By Associated Press - Tuesday, April 30, 2019

MILFORD, Neb. (AP) - Authorities say a wrong-way driver and another person died in a chain-reaction collision on Interstate 80 in eastern Nebraska.

The collision occurred just before 5:30 p.m. Monday near Milford. The Nebraska State Patrol says a sport utility vehicle was headed east in the westbound lanes when it struck a westbound pickup truck. The pickup then hit a westbound semitrailer.

The patrol says the SUV and pickup drivers were pronounced dead at the scene. The semi’s driver wasn’t injured.



The names of those involved haven’t been released.

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