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Crash near Burns kills woman

A sudden hailstorm contributed to a crash that left a Virginia woman and two others injured Monday afternoon.

Jacqueline McGraw, 81, was traveling as a passenger in an eastbound Ford Explorer when torrential rain and hail began falling and quickly accumulating on Interstate 80, about three miles west of Burns according to a Wyoming Highway Patrol Fatality Report.

The crash occurred less than a minute after the storm began, according to the report.

Two vehicles in either lane in front of the explorer lost control and began sliding sideway in the roadway. Attempting to avoid a collision, t...

 

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