I-80 2/1/2015

Interstate 80 through north Lincoln was closed for nearly nine hours Sunday after ice-covered roads and high winds led to an accident involving two semis.
A 30-year-old man from Illinois died when the semitruck he was driving collided with another semitrailer on I-80.
The driver, who was not identified, was taken to Bryan West Campus where he was pronounced dead, said Capt. Danny Reitan of the Lincoln Police Department.
The other driver was not injured.
The crash occurred around 8:15 a.m. and forced travelers on I-80 to find another route from Northwest 48th Street to the Waverly interchange. The accident was one of numerous incidents that took place on snow-covered I-80 in and around Lincoln on Sunday morning.
One semitruck had stalled before getting hit. The cab was sheered off in the accident, said Capt. Genelle Moore of LPD.
The accident was blamed on poor visibility and slick roads, Moore said.
Blowing and drifting snow closed U.S. 6 west of Lincoln and U.S. 34 east of Lincoln for much of the day Sunday.
The driver killed in the I-80 accident was driving for PM Delivery Service, an Illinois-based transport company.
Emergency crews and law enforcement scrambled to respond to the accident and slow traffic on I-80 when visibility was limited.
The Nebraska State Patrol, the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office and LPD all responded to accidents on I-80 Sunday.
NSP had no estimate of the number of highway accidents it worked on Sunday.
Another fatal accident occurred in Saunders County, when two vehicles -- one traveling westbound, the other eastbound -- collided on Nebraska 92 near Wahoo, killing passenger Kathleen Schulzkump and sending both drivers to the Saunders County Medical Center. A news release cites icy roads and blowing snow as a factor in the accident.
In and out of town, drivers struggled to get around.
Tow-truck operators had a steady flow of calls to assist drivers stuck in the winter storm that sneaked up on many.
Lincoln received nearly 8 inches of snow, prompting an emergency parking ban on all arterial, school and bus routes.