Wyoming Man Killed in UTV Crash in Wright

A 54-year-old Wyoming man is dead after rolling his UTV in Wright Friday evening, authorities say.

The crash happened around 7:49 p.m. at milepost 99.512 on Bozeman Way.

Wyoming Highway Patrol

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According to a fatality crash summary from the Wyoming Highway Patrol, Nicholas Fyffe was traveling on Shadow Hill Lane at a high rate of speed, when he turned onto Bozeman Way and lost control of his Polaris RZR, rolling it onto its left side.

Fyffe was not wearing his seat belt and died from his injuries.

The summary lists speed as a possible contributing factor.

This is the fourth traffic fatality in Campbell County this month, and the seventh in the county so far this year.

2022's Deadliest Wyoming County by Traffic Deaths

While car crashes can occur anywhere, some roads in Wyoming are more dangerous than others.

According to Wyoming Highway Patrol data, there were 117 fatal crashes in the Cowboy State in 2022 resulting in 133 deaths.

Of those fatal crashes, the majority (13.68%) occurred in Laramie County -- two in January, one in February, one in March, two in April, one in June, two in July, three in August, two in September, one in November, and one in December.

Sweetwater County saw the second most fatal crashes last year, 12, while Fremont and Lincoln counties each saw 10.

Albany and Park counties each recorded eight, and Campbell, Converse, and Natrona counties each tallied seven.

The deadliest 2022 crash in Laramie County took place on June 17 when two semis collided on Interstate 80 east of Cheyenne and immediately became engulfed in flames killing both drivers and a passenger.

Laramie County also saw two fatal crashes involving motorcyclists, two fatal crashes involving juveniles, and a fatal crash involving a pedestrian last year.

Below is the Wyoming Highway Patrol narrative of every fatal crash that occurred in Laramie County in 2022.

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