Motorcyclist Dead After Crashing on Newly Painted Road in Wyoming

A motorcyclist is dead after crashing his bike near Meeteetse, the Wyoming Highway Patrol says.

It happened around 9:35 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 25 at milepost 48.5 on Wyoming 120.

According to a fatality crash summary, 44-year-old Missouri resident Willard Sandefer was riding with two other motorcyclists ahead of him who had passed another vehicle as the passing lane began to merge into one lane when he attempted to catch up with them and drifted onto some newly painted center stripes.

"(Sandefer) began to lose control when the motorcycle's front tire drove over the center stripes," the summary reads. "The motorcycle went into a full front-end wobble and veered off the roadway to the left."

Sandefer was wearing a helmet but died from his injuries.

The summary lists speed as a possible contributing factor.

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