Fatigue suspected in fatal semitruck crash south of Laramie
LARAMIE (WNE) — One man is dead and another hospitalized after a fiery crash involving a semi-truck on U.S. Highway 287 south of Laramie.
On Monday, June 15, at about 4 a.m., troopers with the Wyoming Highway Patrol were alerted to a semi-truck that had flipped and was on fire. Troopers arrived to find a 2020 Hino commercial vehicle had been northbound near mile marker 413 on Highway 287 when it crossed into the southbound lane, then veered off the roadway to the left, according to a news release.
The vehicle struck a guardrail leading up to a bridge, its left tires crossing the guard rail and riding it, with half the vehicle on either side of the railing. A piece of the guard rail became lodged in the right fuel tank before the vehicle rolled off the bridge and onto its roof, partially blocking the railroad tracks below.
The vehicle then quickly caught fire.
The driver, Roberto Gavidia, 43, of Centennial, Colorado, died at the scene of the crash. The passenger in the vehicle was able to escape, was transported by ambulance to Ivinson Memorial Hospital, treated and released.
Driver fatigue is believed to be the primary cause of the crash.
Including this one, there have been 50 fatalities on Wyoming roadways in 2026, compared to 46 in 2025 and 39 in 2024.
This story was published on June 20, 2026.
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