The National Transportation Safety Board said Saturday it had opened a safety investigation into the crash that took the lives of at least two people in a multi-vehicle crash inside a southwest Wyoming highway tunnel.

At least two people were killed in a "multi-vehicle crash" in an interstate tunnel, Wyoming authorities confirmed Friday.

The crash occurred at 11:37 a.m. under a snow-dusted hill in Green River, Wyo., according to the State Transportation Department. By 5 p.m., the tunnel, which leads traffic west on Interstate 80, had been evacuated and the scene had “been contained,” the department said in a statement.

The eastbound Green River tunnel on Interstate 80 has reopened almost a week after a fiery crash that left three people dead.

About half of the vehicles involved in the Feb. 14 Green River tunnel fire have now been cleared by the Wyoming Highway Patrol

A fiery multi-vehicle pileup caused by a crash inside an interstate tunnel has claimed the life of a third person. Wyoming Department of Transportation confirmed the death, though no further details have been given.

A third victim was found Sunday in the wreckage from a fiery crash inside a Wyoming highway tunnel that involved 26 cars and trucks, officials said.

An investigation is under-way after a fatal crash on Interstate 80 near Green River, Wyoming on Friday. According to the Wyoming Department of Transportation... The accident occurred just after 11:37 A.