Woman dies in severe crash after RV brakes fail on Teton Pass

JACKSON, Wyoming — A female was killed successful a terrible clang connected Wyoming Highway 22 successful nan Teton Pass Wednesday afternoon.

Wyoming Highway Patrol spokesperson Arron Healy says an RV was walking eastbound connected nan road down a steep upland people pulling a Ford F-150 down different postulation astatine astir 4 p.m.

The conveyance successful beforehand of nan RV kept braking, causing nan RV’s driver to besides brake much than he wanted, according to Healy.

As nan RV neared nan bottommost of Teton Pass, nan RV’s brakes overheated, and it began to runaway.

The driver of nan RV passed postulation successful beforehand of him, and Healy said arsenic they reached milepost 6.5, he began to intentionally thrust disconnected nan roadway to effort to stop. However, nan driver mislaid power of nan vehicle, and nan RV re-entered nan roadway, rotated 180 degrees clockwise, and rolled 1 to 2 times earlier coming to remainder successful nan field.

Photos of nan RV show it was wholly destroyed successful nan crash.

There were 5 occupants successful nan RV. Four were transported to section hospitals, wherever 2 were treated and released.

The 5th occupant, a female rider from Nevada, who has not been named, died arsenic a consequence of nan rollover. The information of nan others successful nan conveyance is unknown.

The clang is nether investigation by Wyoming Highway Patrol.

Courtesy Colton Dyer