CASPER — On July 11, 2020, at 7 pm, Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers responded to the area of milepost 1 on County Road 408 near Casper, Wyoming, for a motor vehicle crash.
A 2002 Toyota 4-Runner was traveling southbound on County Road 408 when the vehicle exited the right side of the roadway. The driver steered the vehicle back onto the roadway and then over-corrected to the right causing the vehicle to overturn.
The driver of the Toyota has been identified as 29-year-old Casper, Wyoming, resident Tianna M. Piper. Piper was not wearing a seatbelt and succumbed to her injuries at the scene of the crash. The passenger has been identified as 20-year-old Casper, Wyoming, resident Bryon D. Babcock. Babcock was wearing a seatbelt and was transported by helicopter to the Wyoming Medical Center for injuries sustained in the crash.
Driver inattention is being investigated as a possible contributing factor.
This is the 48th fatality on Wyoming’s roadways in 2020 compared to 87 in 2019, 53 in 2018, and 74 in 2017 to date.
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