While sharing the video on its Facebook page on February 21, the Wyoming Highway Patrol wrote:

Move over and slow down for emergency vehicles! One of our WHP Troopers nearly got hit by a commercial semi-tractor and trailer recently. The near miss occurred near Rawlins, Wyoming, on Interstate 80. The tractor and trailer driver could not maintain control of his vehicle and ran off the roadway and into the median. Luckily, no law enforcement or first responders lost their lives to this out-of-control vehicle.
Please remember that emergency personnel wants to be able to make it home safely at the end of their shift. Please slow down, and move over for emergency vehicles."

A Wyoming highway patrol officer narrowly avoided being hit by a semi-truck on a snowy stretch of Interstate 80 near Rawlins City, as shown in this footage.

The trooper quickly moved out of the way as the out-of-control truck skidded off the road and into the median. The Wyoming Highway Patrol department emphasized the importance of driver safety around emergency vehicles, urging motorists to slow down and move over for emergency personnel.

Thankfully, no first responders or law enforcement were harmed in the incident.