LARAMIE, WY : Oklahoma man arrested for Laramie crash that killed 2 on Thursday, November 17th 2016
An Oklahoma man is facing vehicular homicide charges in connection to a crash near Laramie that killed two.
That 58-year-old Charles Gibson of Midwest City, Oklahoma, was not injured, but was arrested by the Wyoming Highway Patrol and taken to the Albany County Detention Center after the crash on Thursday.
Gibson's semi-truck struck a Chevrolet Uplander van head-on on U.S. Highway 287, killing 46-year-old Dawn Wight and her husband, 57-year-old Robert Wight. Two juvenile male passengers in the back seat of the van were airlifted from the scene to medical facilities in Laramie and Denver. The family is from Sandy, Utah.
Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper Rick Colling says troopers are investigating if driver fatigue was a contributing factor in the crash.
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Oklahoma man arrested for Laramie crash that killed 2