Truck Accidents 360 Newswire

Wahoo, NE – According to Saunders County sheriff, a deadly semi truck accident occured on Monday night around 6pm about two miles east of Wahoo on Highway 22. A tractor trailer skidded on a patch of ice, jacknifed and then hit an oncoming SUV. Two other cars then came along and crashed into the wreck.

Wahoo, NE semi truck accident near Omaha on Highway 22

The driver of the semi truck, a 37 year old man, died at the scene. Three other people were treated and released from the hospital. The victim’s identity has not been released yet.

Not long after this accident, two other cars collided near the same spot. That crash was not related to the fatal collision, Sheriff Stukenholtz said. One person was injured in the second crash and also was treated at the Saunders County hospital and released.

Stukenholtz said the roadway “was extremely slick” and contributed to the crash.

Highway 92 between Mead and Wahoo has been shut down by the sheriff.

He said the roadway “was extremely slick” and contributed to the crash.

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Nationwide truck accident attorney, Steve Gordon, states that road conditions contribute to more than half of all deaths in vehicular crashes nationally – more than drunken driving, speeding or nonuse of seatbelts – this according to a study commissioned by an industry group that advocates for boosting spending on road construction.

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