Mohamed Abdi and Mubashar Ibraahim Hospitalized after Wheeler County Crash on Interstate 40 near Shamrock

Wheeler County, Texas (September 6, 2022) – Mohamed Abdi, 35, and Mubashar Ibraahim, 35, both of Portland, Oregon, were injured in a deadly crash Sunday morning in Wheeler County, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

The collision happened around 6:45 a.m. Sunday, September 4, on Interstate 40, about three miles east of Shamrock.

DPS said a 2017 Freightliner Truck tractor towing a semi-trailer was heading westbound on Interstate 40 when the driver failed to travel in a single lane and across the median.

The Freightliner then hit an eastbound 2008 Toyota Tundra pickup truck, towing a box trailer.

The pickup truck driver, 60-year-old Steven Little from Clovis, California, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the Freightliner, Abdi, and passenger, Ibraahim, were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The crash remains under investigation.

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