Ogallala, NE : Five people die in fiery crash on I-80 near Brule in Keith County on Sunday afternoon, July 31, 2016

A semi driver was arrested for motor vehicle homicide Sunday after a fiery crash in western Nebraska left five dead.

The multi-vehicle accident along westbound Interstate 80 near Brule, Nebraska in Keith County occurred just before 12:30 p.m. CDT. Troopers investigating the crash say the semi struck the rear of a van. The force of the collision pushed the semi and the van into three other passenger vehicles. Both the semi and the van involved in the initial crash were engulfed in flames. Five people in the van were killed.

The driver of the semi, 53-year-old Tony A. Weekly of Baker, Florida, was transported to the Sedgewick County Hospital in Julesburg, Colo., where he was treated and released. Weekly was arrested after his release. He was lodged in the Keith County Corrections on charges of motor vehicle homicide.

The names of the fatalities and injured are not being released at this time, pending notification of family.

East and westbound lanes of I-80 were closed with traffic diverted onto Highway 30 at Oshkosh and Ogallala.

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Five dead in multi-vehicle accident in western Nebraska | Driver arrested