Pennsylvania motorcyclist killed in crash south of Cody

POWELL (WNE) — A 67-year-old Pennsylvania man died in a Thursday motorcycle crash south of Cody. 

Timothy Clymer and three other motorcyclists had been traveling south on Wyo. Highway 120 when a deer walked out onto the road, the Wyoming Highway Patrol said. 

The front rider “quickly” braked to avoid the animal, the patrol wrote in a preliminary report. Clymer then crashed into the lead rider and came off his motorcycle, the report indicates. 

He was taken to a Billings hospital for medical treatment but later died from his injuries, said Park County Coroner Cody Gortmaker. 

Clymer was wearing a helmet at the time, but according to the report, it was open-faced and didn’t meet Department of Transportation safety standards. 

The crash occurred roughly halfway between Cody and Meeteetse. 

It was the fifth fatal crash in Park County in 2024 — including an Aug. 25 crash on Wyo. 120 that claimed the life of a 44-year-old Missouri motorcyclist; the earlier crash occurred about 17 miles to the south of last week’s incident. 

Park County’s sixth fatal crash of the year followed on Monday morning west of Ralston.

This story was published on September 17, 2024.