The Wyoming Highway Patrol is reporting a motor vehicle collision on Saturday. The crash occurred on US 191 north of Rock Springs, Wyoming at around 1:35 pm and left two fatalities and a pair of injured passengers.
A 2017 Chevrolet Silverado was headed south on US 191. And crossed into the northbound lane colliding head-on with a 2008 Ford F-250.
The driver of the Chevrolet was identified as 66-year-old Illinois resident Mark Jenkins he was wearing a seatbelt but died in the crash. His 64-year-old passenger was flown by medical helicopter to the University of Utah for injuries sustained in the accident.
The driver of the Ford has been identified as 43-year-old Farson, Wyoming, resident Codi L. Burris.
Burris was wearing a seatbelt but was pronounced dead at the scene. The juvenile passenger in the Ford was flown by helicopter to Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City.
Driver fatigue is being investigated as a possible contributing factor.
This is the 96th and 97th fatalities on Wyoming’s roadways in 2022.
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