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Construction worker Shelly Yoho, 40, killed when semi-trailer driven by Karama Leota, 45, strikes her in construction zone on I-80 outside of Elk Mountain, Wyoming

Modified Date: 
Fri, 06/19/2015 - 2:42pm
Accident Date: 
Friday, June 19, 2015

Construction flagger struck and killed by truck in Wyoming

ELK MOUNTAIN, Wyo. (AP) — A flagger has been struck and killed by a truck in a construction zone on Interstate 80 in southern Wyoming. The accident occurred about 5:50 p.m. Thursday about 15 miles west of Elk Mountain. The Wyoming Highway Patrol identified the victim as 44-year-old Shelly Yoho, of Rawlins. The patrol says Yoho was flagging traffic in the construction zone when a truck pulling two trailers drifted onto the shoulder, hit a guardrail and then hit Yoho. The truck ended up in a ditch. The patrol says the truck was driven by 50-year-old Karama T. Leota, of West Valley City, Utah. Yoho died at the scene. The patrol says it took the truck driver into custody and the accident remained under investigation
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Type: Pedestrian Accident
Topics: 
Construction/Work Zone, Workplace and Industrial Accidents
People Involved: 
Shelly Yoho
Karama Leota
Roadway: 
I-80
City: 
Elk Mountain, WY
County: 
Carbon County, WY
Area: 
Denver, CO

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