Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
Wyoming Highway Patrol has completed an investigation into a traffic accident that took place on December 30 on Highway 24 in the vicinity of milepost 18.
“The cause of the crash was not maintaining a lane of travel,” says Lieutenant Tim Boumeester.
The incident involved a Dodge pickup that was traveling eastbound on the highway.
“It had just passed a log truck when the driver encountered icy roads, approximately 1900 feet in length to where the crash occurred,” he reports.
“The driver of the Dodge pickup lost control of her vehicle and began to rotate clockwise with the driver’...