Inattentive driving or a medical condition is being investigated as possible causes of a fatal crash early Thursday morning in eastern Wyoming.
The crash occurred at 6:00 am at milepost 1 on US Highway 212 near the Wyoming-South Dakota border.
A Kenworth tractor-trailer combination unit was traveling eastbound on US 212 when the vehicle crossed the center line into the westbound lane and collided with the side of a Freightliner tractor-trailer.
The driver of the Kenworth has been identified as Gary Larrick, a 74-year-old resident of North Carolina. Larrick was not wearing a seatbelt and was pronounced dead on the scene.
The driver of the Freightliner was wearing his seatbelt and was not injured during the crash.
This is the 112th fatality on Wyoming’s roadways in 2022 compared to 96 in 2021, 117 in 2020, and 132 in 2019.
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