crashes

The Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation says the pace of road kill is increasing.

In a small bright spot in an otherwise tragic year for Wyoming highway deaths, no one died in crashes over the recent Memorial Day weekend locally or statewide according to local and state authorities.
In Natrona County, law enforcement agencies stopped 421 vehicles...

Many of the vehicles had been disabled since late Tuesday night.

Officials are looking at all the information to determine if there a commonality, but multiple factors make it difficult to address one area of concern.

Anyone who is in a crash that results in injury, or a hit-and-run, is asked to call police and an officer will respond.

There were 56 crashes at the CY and Poplar intersection over the past three years. The extra enforcement includes a zero tolerance policy.

Officers are continuing extra enforcement of the top crash-prone interesections in Casper.

According to the WHP, Jaxon had a significant impact on the state, causing many crashes and road closures. A total of 177 crashes occurred throughout the state, 30 of them being commercial vehicles.

Fatalities on Wyoming roads totaled 123 in 2017, up 11 from the year prior, but down 22 from 2015.

Spokesman Cody Beers said officials hope to change local drivers' habits.