Elk Mountain , WY :Flagger struck and killed by truck in construction zone on Interstate 80 in southern Wyoming on Tuesday , June 16th 2015

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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Flagger struck and killed by truck in construction zone
on Interstate 80 in southern Wyoming