Year's first fatal crash kills two

Crook County’s first fatal road accident of the year took place on July 31 and is still under investigation by Wyoming Highway Patrol. The crash involved two motorcyclists from France and a motorhome whose occupants were from Arizona.

At 12:33 p.m., on U.S. 14 at mile marker 170 near the Madison pump station, a two-vehicle crash took place, says Lieutenant Tim Boumeester.

“The first vehicle was a motor home pulling a passenger car,” he says. “They were traveling eastbound on Highway 14 when the driver pulled off the roadway into the driveway access there at the pump station because they realiz...