Semi-truck drove wrong way on interstate in Gillette, Gillette WY


A semi-truck drove the wrong way on I-90 near Highway 59 in Gillette, Wyoming. The truck stopped on the westbound on-ramp with hazard lights on. Authorities blocked ramps to prevent more traffic entering the area.
Audio|Source: Gillette Police, Campbell County Sheriff, Fire and EMS, WHP
01:47
Transcript:
00:00
Can I have you start heading towards a wrong way driver on I-90 from 59, a semi-went up westbound in the eastbound lane?
00:10
Copy.
00:16
Council 61, are they westbound and eastbound?
00:27
Go ahead.
00:32
I guess he stopped on the westbound on-ramp.
00:38
Sorry,
00:39
yeah, he's facing westbound, he's bound off-prem, but he stopped there with his flashers-on.
00:45
Go ahead.
00:55
I copy Pee's cross.
00:57
I'm pinning from that prop.
00:58
I'll just jump onto the West Exchange and try and block off the eastbound off for him at the Central Exchange.
01:04
Turn 4.
01:11
552Bty.
01:14
Go ahead.
01:16
Highway Patrol has been notified and 1761 is going to go block the on-ramp from the interstate side, so nobody, or off-ramp, so nobody takes it.
01:28
Perfect.
01:34
Let us fill, Gillette.
01:37
Gilletteville, go ahead.
01:40
On that traffic complaint we just gave you, that sim I did stop.
01:44
It is still on the ramp with its hazards on.
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Location mentioned:
WY-59, Gillette, WY
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