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An autopsy has determined the identity of a man killed in a horrendous auto-pedestrian accident on Interstate 80 near the Utah-Nevada border earlier this week.
Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Todd Royce said the State Medical Examiner’s Office had determined the victim of the early Monday morning accident was 20-year-old Christian Gutierrez, of Wendover.
Why Gutierrez was walking in or near the westbound lanes of I-80 about 1 mile east of Wendover remained unknown, however.
Utah Highway Patrol identified the body of a man killed on I-80 near Wendover.
Officers say 20-year-old Christian Gutierrez was run over several times.
Troopers say they found his body in the road after responding to a call around 3:30 a.m. Monday morning.
Police are still trying to figure out why he was on the road to begin with.
Two subcontractors working on a lane restriping project on eastbound Interstate Highway 80 in Fairfield Thursday evening were struck and injured by an alleged drunk driver, according to the California Highway Patrol. The contractors, employees of O.C. Jones & Sons, Inc., were closing the second lane of the ramp from eastbound Interstate Highway 80 to eastbound state Highway 12 using a trailer with an arrow board when the collision occurred around 9:15 p.m., CHP Officer Chris Parker said.
A Roy, Utah man was killed Thursday night when he crashed on a curve and rolled on Interstate 80 about 19 miles east of Rock Springs, Wyo.
Wyoming Highway Patrol Sgt. Stephen Townsend said that several motorists told troopers that the 1998 Pontiac Grand Prix being driven by 33-year-old Nathaneal Chase had been traveling at excessive speed westbound about the time of the crash.
Chase, who was partially ejected from his car as it rolled off the left side of the freeway, was dead at the scene.
An 18-year-old pickup driver from Ogallala has died in a collision on Interstate 80 near North Platte in western Nebraska.
The accident occurred around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday about three miles west of North Platte. Authorities say an eastbound pickup went out of control and crossed the median, striking a westbound semitrailer.
The pickup driver was identified as Timothy Dovel. The semitrailer was identified as 58-year-old Herbert Wilson, of Okeechobee (oh-kuh-CHOH'-bee), Fla. He was not injured.