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  • Rollover claims life of Carpenter teen

    Sergeant David Wagener, Wyoming Highway Patrol|Mar 17, 2016

    A fatal crash on March 6 has resulted in the death of 17-year-old Kiersten D. Larson of Carpenter, Wyoming. The crash occurred at 6:00 a.m. near mile post 383 on Interstate 80 eastbound, approximately three miles west of the Burns/Carpenter exit. Larson was driving a 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee eastbound on I-80 when the vehicle initially veered off the interstate to the north. Larson overcorrected the SUV to the right causing the Jeep to slide out of control across both lanes of I-80 eastbound. The vehicle left the interstate to the south into...

  • Winter weather impacts holiday traffic

    Sergeant David Wagener, Wyoming Highway Patrol|Dec 3, 2015

    The Wyoming Highway Patrol investigated 52 crashes statewide from 12:01 a.m. on Nov. 25 through 1 p.m. on Thanksgiving, Nov. 26. Seventeen crashes were classified as involving injury, 33 crashes were classified as property damage only, and two crashes were listed as hit and run with property damage only. Zero fatal crashes were investigated. During the same time period, the Wyoming Highway Patrol Dispatch Center fielded 737 calls for service including 107 stranded or broken down motorists. The...