Trucker Dead, Suspect at Large After Hit-&-Run on I-80 in Wyoming

A 41-year-old Texas trucker is dead after being hit by a semi on Interstate 80, the Wyoming Highway Patrol says.

It happened around 4:30 p.m. on Friday, April 25, at milepost 99, a few miles west of Rock Springs.

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According to a fatality crash summary, Jeremy Simien's rig was parked on the shoulder, and he was standing outside on the traffic side when a passing semi struck him and killed him.

"The passing combination unit failed to stop at the scene," the summary reads.

Wyoming Highway Patrol Releases Photos of Semi Involved in Fatal Hit-&-Run Crash

The Patrol in a Facebook post at 5:33 p.m. on Saturday, April 26, released photos of the suspect semi, a white semi with a company logo that's believed to have a red lion in it, and is asking anyone with information to call dispatch at 307-777-4321.

The Patrol says driver inattention, cell phone use, and driver fatigue/asleep are being investigated as possible contributing factors.

Simien is the 30th reported person and the third reported pedestrian to die on Wyoming's highways this year.