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24-year-old Jesus Oseguera of Sacramento told police he fell asleep at the wheel while driving a rent-a-truck carrying FedEx packages Tuesday morning. The incident occured on Interstate 80 near Hunter Hill rest area around 3:10 a.m. when Oseguera nodded off and almost hit the back of another truck. He swerved, causing his truck to overturn. Oseguera climbed out of the truck and suffered neck and leg pain. Police ruled out alcohol and drugs as factors in the crash.
Authorities say a Missouri woman and her 11-year-old daughter were killed in an accident in southeast Nebraska.
The Seward County Sheriff’s Office says the accident occurred around 6:45 a.m. Friday on Interstate 80. The office says a westbound car veered left across the median, across the eastbound lanes and down an embankment, where it struck the bottom.
Two Taylorsville men died from injuries sustained in an early Monday morning crash on Interstate 80 near the Salt Lake-Tooele county line.
The Utah Highway Patrol identified the victims as Spencer W. Gardner, 28, and Andrew J. Harrie, 30.
About 3:30 a.m. Monday, Gardner was driving his black 2006 Scion eastbound when he drifted off the freeway and rolled about 10 miles west of Salt Lake City.
The cause of the crash was under investigation, but troopers were considering the possibility that Gardner fell asleep at the wheel.