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Charge reduced against trucker in fatal pileup in Wyoming

(AP) — Crews reopened Interstate 80 on Tuesday, about 32 hours after a fiery chain-reaction crash involving more than 60 vehicles killed two people and became the second weather-related pileup to shut down the major trucking corridor in less than a week. [...] on Tuesday, authorities dropped an aggravated vehicular homicide charge against a Canadian truck driver involved in Monday's crash on a foggy, slick highway in southeast Wyoming. [...] Alex Dragaytsev, 45, of Longueuil, Canada, was cited for failure to use caution for hazardous conditions and released from custody, Albany County prosecuting attorney Peggy Trent said. Officials say the fire, the complicated investigation, the many large tractor-trailers that had to be removed and the need to repair the road surface contributed to the long closure. A 22,000-gallon tanker carrying a flammable liquid was among the vehicles that caught fire, but it appeared that no hazardous materials leaked, said Bruce Burrows, spokesman for the Wyoming Department of Transportation.

 

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