April 4, 2023 |
Photo – Wyoming Highway Patrol Vehicle – Bigfoot99 file photo
A tow truck driver from Wamsutter was killed early Monday morning when the driver of a commercial rig lost control and slid into the median where it collided with a tow truck involved in a recovery operation from an earlier slide off.
The tow truck driver was identified as 45-year-old Wamsutter resident Kirby Lugg. Lugg was transported to Memorial Hospital of Carbon County, where he succumbed to injuries sustained in the crash.
The driver of the Kenworth was identified as a 41-year-old Houston, Texas resident Edgar F. Echeverria. Echeverria was not wearing a seatbelt and succumbed to his injuries in the crash.
The third car’s driver was transported to Memorial Hospital of Carbon County for injuries sustained in the crash.
Speeding too fast for road conditions, on the part of Echeverria, is being investigated as a possible contributing factor.
This is the 34th fatality on Wyoming’s roadways in 2023 compared to 18 in 2022, 23 in 2021, and 14 in 2020.
