MISSOULA, MT : 2 dead, 2 hurt after five semi trucks crash near Superior on Interstate 90 on Tuesday, 18th December 2018

We are learning more information about a fatal accident near Superior that has backed up traffic for hours on Interstate 90.

Two men died, a third man was flown to Kalispell Regional Medical Center, and a firefighter was seriously injured after several semi trucks collided shortly after 5 a.m. near the Tarkio interchange.Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Terry Rosenbaum tells MTN News that all five semis involved in the crash were traveling eastbound on I-90.

He said the first semi was hauling a flatbed with lumber when the driver lost control, went broadside, spilling lumber and completely blocking the eastbound lanes of I-90 right before the bridge deck.

The driver and passenger were not injured.

But two minutes later, a second truck saw the first semi crash and tried to avoid it by veering the truck left. The second truck went through the median, jumped the guardrail, and landed completely across the westbound lanes of I-90.

Witnesses told MHP that the driver got out of the truck, thought he was going to get hit by westbound traffic, and jumped over the bridge guardrail.

Trooper Rosenbaum said the driver must have been unaware or unable to see that it was a 100-to-150 foot drop. The man fell to his death.

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