UPDATE: La Crosse man dies in crash on I-90 in snowy conditions

WEST SALEM, Wis. (WKBT)- A 41-year-old La Crosse man was killed in a rear-end collision on I-90 during snowy conditions.

Gregory Loftus was killed in the crash, which happened at 1:55 p.m. in the eastbound lanes between Onalaska and West Salem.

A semi-truck was slowing down in a traffic back-up from other crashes, and Loftus was unable to stop. His car hit the back of the trailer and became trapped underneath.

The driver of the semi-truck was not injured.

Traffic was reopened in the area just before 5:00 p.m.

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One person has died in a crash during snowy conditions Tuesday afternoon on I-90 near West Salem, according to Tri-State Ambulance.

It happened around 2:00 p.m. in the westbound lanes of I-90 near mile marker 10.

Video from the scene shows half of a car under the back of a semi-truck.

The crash closed down the eastbound lanes of the interstate for more than two and half hours.  They reopened to traffic just before 5:00 p.m.

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