ELK MOUNTAIN, Wyo. (AP) - A flagger has been struck and killed by a truck in a construction zone on Interstate 80 in southern Wyoming.

The accident occurred about 5:50 p.m. Thursday about 15 miles west of Elk Mountain.

The Wyoming Highway Patrol identified the victim as 44-year-old Shelly Yoho, of Rawlins.

The patrol says Yoho was flagging traffic in the construction zone when a truck pulling two trailers drifted onto the shoulder, hit a guardrail and then hit Yoho. The truck ended up in a ditch.

The patrol says the truck was driven by 50-year-old Karama T. Leota, of West Valley City, Utah.

Yoho died at the scene.

The patrol says it took the truck driver into custody and the accident remained under investigation.

This story also appears on Truck and Trailer Guide.

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