MULTIPLE FATALITIES FOLLOWING A HEAD-ON CRASH ON I-40 A LITTLE EAST OF GRANTS WEDNESDAY MORNING. STATE POLICE LT. ROBERT MCDONALD SAYS A SEMI GOING EASTBOUND ON THE INTERSTATE CROSSED INTO THE WESTBOUND LANES AND SMASHED INTO A BUDGET RENTAL TRUCK. THE THREE PEOPLE IN THE RENTAL TRUCK DIED AT THE SCENE.

 

MCDONALD SAYS THE DRIVER OF THE SEMI WAS AIRLIFTED TO UNMH...CONDITION UNKNOWN. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED A LITTLE BEFORE 6 AM.