(Lincoln County, WY) – On May 1st, around 2:00 AM, Wyoming Highway Patrol (WHP) troopers were notified of a one-vehicle rollover that occurred at milepost .20 on County Road 116 (Prater Canyon) near Thayne, according to a release issued by the WHP.
The deceased has been identified as 48-year-old Freedom, Wyoming resident Jefferson Lysager.
According to the report, Lysager was headed east on County Road 116 at a high rate of speed, when he was unable to maintain his travel lane, causing the vehicle to exit the roadway and overturn.
Lysager was not wearing a seatbelt and succumbed to his injuries at the crash scene.
Speed is being investigated as a potential contributing factor.
This is the 26th fatality on Wyoming’s roadways in 2022 compared to 30 in 2021, 25 in 2020, and 54 in 2019 to date.