Wyoming Highway Patrol

A suspect stole the very patrol car he was placed inside of after getting arrested.

Motorists are reminded that the Wyoming Department of Transportation and the Wyoming Highway Patrol will be shutting down US 287/WYO 789 between Rawlins and Lamont to all traffic from about 5-8:30 am on September 13 due to a large scale military training exercise.
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Witnesses told investigators that the motorcycle entered the intersection on a red traffic signal.

The Wyoming Highway Patrol says a driver killed north of Douglas Tuesday afternoon may have been speeding and using his cell phone before the crash.

A baby girl who was the subject of an Amber Alert out of Colorado Wednesday night has been reunited with family after being found safe near Cheyenne.

'The drive begins at approximately 7:30 a.m. at the intersection of I-25 & Horse Creek Road north of the city.

Although the COVID-19 pandemic may have caused people to drive less in 2020, many of those who did drive were driving faster, according to the Wyoming Highway Patrol.

WHP stated that troopers observed the man mentally operating in a state of denial, and the cane he was using was broken. He had no money and appeared in no condition to walk to Cheyenne.

Thompson said an investigation is ongoing and further information cannot be released.

Neither passenger was wearing a helmet.

It's not an everyday occurrence that the men and women who tasked with helping the public, actually find themselves in need of a little help, but it does happen.

The crash marks the 26th highway fatality in Wyoming so far this year. At the same point last year, there were 20.