POST FALLS — A wrong-way driver on Interstate 90 early Thursday morning caused a crash that set a semi-truck ablaze and shut down westbound traffic for hours.

Idaho State Police say the collision happened around 2:30 a.m. near milepost 5 on the Spokane Street overpass.

A maroon Dodge Caravan, driven by a 62-year-old Spokane Valley man, was traveling east in the westbound lanes when it sideswiped a westbound semi-truck hauling cars.

Troopers say the truck driver, a 55-year-old Pennsylvania man, swerved to avoid a head-on collision, but the impact ruptured one of the semi’s fuel tanks, spilling diesel onto the roadway. The truck caught fire and came to a stop, blocking both westbound lanes.

Kootenai County Fire and Rescue crews extinguished the flames, saving the trailer, but the semi wa

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