CLARK COUNTY — Two people were injured when a car that rear-ended a semi on I-70 got stuck and caught fire early Thursday morning.
Around 1:45 a.m., a car rear-ended the semi in the middle lane of westbound Interstate 70 near mile marker 42, trooper said. The car became stuck, and the semi dragged the car for a couple hundred feet.
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The semi driver was able to pull off to the right shoulder, at which point the car caught fire.
The driver and passenger of the car were able to escape before the car became fully engulfed. They were taken to Soin Medical Center with minor injuries, trooper said.
The car driver will be cited with failure to maintain distance. It’s unknown if the driver was impaired, troopers said.
The driver of the semi was not injured. Contents from the semi were being loaded onto another semi.
The right lane was closed while troopers investigated the crash.