ONE PERSON WAS KILLED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AFTER REAR-ENDING ANOTHER VEHICLE IN UNION TOWNSHIP.  THE CRASH HAPPENED AT AROUND 4:35PM NEAR MILE MARKER 74.4 ON INTERSTATE 80 EASTBOUND.  THE JEFFERSON COUNTY CORORNER REPORTS THAT 59-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL ROUGIER OF RIO RANCHO, NEW MEXICO WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.  POLICE SAY THAT HE WAS DRIVING TOO FAST FOR CONDITIONS AND WAS DISTRACTED AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH.  THE OTHER OPERATOR INVOLVED IN THE CRASH WAS NOT INJURED AND REFUSED TREATMENT.  BOTH WERE DRIVING 18-WHEELERS.