8 Wyoming Athletes Die in Collision
Eight track and cross-country runners from the University of Wyoming were killed early Sunday when their sport utility vehicle collided head-on with a pickup truck that had apparently swerved into their lane.
Wyoming Highway Patrol Sgt. Stephen Townsend said the SUV carrying the athletes collided with a 1-ton pickup truck at 1:30 a.m. Sunday about 17 miles south of Laramie. All seven passengers of the SUV were ejected, and they and the driver died at the scene.
Jay Fromkin, a University of Wyoming spokesman, said he did not know where the students were going.
“We believe they just got together,” he said. “All the athletic meets were canceled over the weekend. They may have been just out for the day.”
The driver of the pickup, Clinton Haskins, 21, of Maybel, Colo., was in serious condition, Townsend said. Haskins, a senior, is a steer wrestler on the rodeo team.
Townsend said only Haskins was wearing a seat belt. The crash was under investigation.
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