UPDATE: 2 dead, 1 injured after SUV crosses median and collides with semi truck on I-80 Updated: 3:28 PM CST Jan 24, 2021 Share Updated: 3:28 PM CST Jan 24, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript CONDITIONS MADE WAY FOR SEVERAL CRASHES, ESPECIALLY ALONG I-80. THE INTERSTATE WAS SHUT DOWN IN THE WESTBOUND LANES NEAR 192ND AND CAPEHART FOR A FEW HOURS WHILE OFFICIALS INVESTIGATED A CRASH THAT KILLED TWO PEOPLE. KETV NEWSWATCH 7’S EMILY TENCER JOINS US LIVE ALONG I-80 WITH DETAILS ON THAT CRASH AND HOW ROADS ARE LOOKING NOW. EMILY: DALAUN. THIS SECTION OF THE INTERSTATE JUST REOPENED AN HOUR AG IT WAS SHUTDOWN SINCE AROUND 3:00 THIS AFTERNOON BECAUSE OF THAT DEADLY CRASH. THE WRECK HAPPENED IN A DITCH NEAR MILE MARKER 432, JUST A COUPLE MILES AWAY FROM THE NEBRASKA CROSSING OUTLET MALL IN GRETNA. A CRASH ON INTERSTATE 80 KILLS TWO PEOPLE AND SENDS ANOTHER TO THE HOSPITAL WITH CRITICAL INJURIES. THE SARPY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS A GMC ENVOY WAS DRIVING EASTBOUND WHEN IT CROSSED A MEDIAN AND STRUCK A SEMI TRUCK HEADING WEST. A MALE DRIVER AND FEMALE FRONT PASSENGER DIED AT THE SCENE. A FEMALE IN THE BACKSEAT WAS AT ONE POINT TRAPPED, THEN RUSHED TO BERGAN MERCY IN CRITICAL CONDITION. DEPUTIES SAY THE DRIVER OF THE SEMI IS OK. THEY BELIEVE THE ACCIDENT COULD BE WEATHER RELATED. IT HAPPENED AROUND 3:00 P.M. WHEN VISIBILITY WAS LOW. THE CRASH SHUT DOWN WESTBOUND TRAFFIC FOR HOURS CAUSING DRIVERS TO TAKE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. >> NOW WE’RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE WAY TO GET BACK TO LINCOLN IS. EMILY: RICK WINTERMUTE LEFT LINCOLN FOR GLENWOOD AROUND 1:30 SATURDAY AFTERNOON. HE SAYS THE ROADS WERE FINE THEN, BUT WORSENED OVER TIME. >> IT WAS VERY ICY. LOT OF HILLS AND CURVES SO WE HAD TO BE REAL CAREFUL THERE. HE AND OTHER DRIVERS WERE CAUGHT -- EMILY: HE AND OTHER DRIVERS WERE CAUGHT OF GUARD BY CONDITIONS. >> KIND OF SURPRISING. I DIDN’T THINK WE WERE GOING TO GET MUCH TODAY. >> THIS IS KIND OF UNEXPECTED. EMILY: ERICH MITCH MITCHELL IS COMING FROM IOWA CITY, HEADING HOME TO COLORADO. HE SAYS THE ROADS WERE WORSE IN IOWA. >> IF YOU DON’T HAVE ALL-WHEEL DRIVE OR THE ABILITY TO GO INTO 4X4, THEN I DEFINITELY WOULD NOT BE OUT ON THE ROAD RIGHT NOW. EMILY: HE SAYS A MAJORITY OF DRIVERS WERE TAKING IT SLOW. STILL, HE SAW A FEW ACCIDENTS. >> THERE WAS SOME CARS IN THE DITCH, THERE WAS A SHERIFF THAT WAS ALREADY THERE SO ITS GOOD THEY’RE GETTING OUT TRYING TO HELP THE PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST TRYING TO MAKE THEIR WAY TO WHEREVER THEY’RE GOING DALAUN: THE SARPY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS WAITING TO IDENTIFY THE VICTIMS OF THAT CRASH UNTIL FAMILY IS NOTIFIED. AS FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY, SHERIFF DEPUTIES TELL ME THEY HAD A HANDFUL OF WEATHER-RELATED CAR ACCIDENTS. BUT NO ONE WAS