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WINNEMUCCA, Nev. — A Utah driver died after crashing into the back of a semitruck while traveling in Nevada Wednesday afternoon, police say.
The Nevada Highway Patrol reported that troopers responded to the crash on Interstate 80 at mile marker 155, about 20 miles west of Winnemucca.
Highway patrol troopers said a white Toyota Corolla and a semitruck were traveling easton I-80. The semitruck was driving at a low rate of speed due to the nearby wildland fire that closed I-80.
"The front of the Corolla struck the trailer and remained in contact with the rear of the trailer after impact," the Nevada Highway Patrol said in a press release.
The highway patrol reported that 65-year-old Lawrence Nelly of East Carbon, Utah, was the driver of the Corolla and died from his injuries at the scene of the crash. No one else was hurt in the crash.
The Nevada Highway Patrol did not specify how the crash happened. The highway patrol's Traffic Homicide Unit is conducting an investigation.
