Sweetwater County

Nine more Wyoming residents have died of COVID-19, including two older women from Laramie County, the Wyoming Department of Health confirmed Tuesday.

Among Wyoming residents, there have now been 713 coronavirus-related deaths, 50,028 lab-confirmed cases and 9,291 probable cases reported since the pandemic began.

A woman was killed and another injured after a van rear-ended a Penske truck on Interstate 80 Sunday afternoon, according to the Wyoming Highway Patrol.

One driver was killed and another injured in a head-on crash east of Rock Springs Wednesday afternoon, according to the Wyoming Highway Patrol.

The driver was cited for speeding too fast for conditions, and was released.

Tommy Gene Vensor remains in custody at Sweetwater County Detention Center awaiting his initial appearance in court.

Investigators said the body had likely been there for months, and that the death does not appear suspicious.

A 64-year-old Edgewood, Washington man died after his pickup was rear-ended on Interstate 80 in Sweetwater County last Friday, the Wyoming Highway Patrol said.

A man was killed and another person injured in a head-on collision north of Rock Springs late Tuesday morning.

Witnesses say a 45-year-old Arizona man killed in a fiery crash on Interstate 80 in Wyoming was speaking on his cell phone at the time of the crash.