Firefighters from the Green River Fire Department spray water on a semi truck that had on caught fire after driving off of Interstate 80 and through a residential property Monday.
A Jamestown woman got quite a scare Monday afternoon when a semi truck veered off Interstate 80 and drove through a portion of her property.
The truck later caught fire, threatening a building at the residence at 13 Oxbow Drive in Jamestown.
Tara Boling was watching TV at the time of the crash, saying she heard a loud pop coming from the interstate. Boling said the sound isn't unusual as tires do pop as vehicles drive along the interstate.
"Next thing I know, I see a semi driving through our yard," she said.
The sounds coming next were unexpected as the semi, owned by Roehl Transport Inc., of Marshfield, Wis., drove through a portion of her yard and stopped near another building on the property.
"Thank goodness me and my puppies weren't outside," Boling said. "They would have been killed."
The truck crashed through some fencing, over a couple of Russian Olive trees, and destroyed a portion of another, larger tree on the property. Shortly after the truck stopped, it started smoking.
Boling initially tried calling her husband, but was unable to contact him. She then called 911.
Green River Interim Fire Chief Mike Liberty said the fire department was initially dispatched to Milemarker 85 on I-80, but shifted their destination after Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers advised firefighters that a fire had started near the residence.
"We just changed where we parked the trucks," Liberty said.
The fire department responded with two trucks and were at the scene for approximately one hour. The fire was contained to only the truck.
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