One person was killed in a head-on collision this afternoon just east of Missoula.
Traffic was snarled for hours after a vehicle traveling the wrong way on Interstate-90 struck a semi-tractor trailer hauling wood chips.
The Missoulian newspaper reports the passenger car was traveling the wrong way in the westbound lanes when it hit the semi.
City firefighters responded to extinguish the subsequent fire that enveloped the semi.
The driver of the car was reportedly killed. There’s no word yet on the condition of the truck driver.
According to the Missoulian, the crash closed all four lanes of Interstate 90 between the Van Buren Street exit and East Missoula. Traffic was diverted to other roads. Debris littered all four lanes of the interstate and the top of the semi's cab ended up in the eastbound lanes.
