SUBLETTE COUNTY, WYO – Troopers from Wyoming Highway Patrol were dispatched on May 26 to the scene of a motorcycle accident on at milepost 2 on Fremont Lake Rd/ County Road 154/Skyline Drive near Pinedale, Wyoming. The crash occurred at about 2:15am.
A 2007 Kawasaki motorcycle was traveling northbound on Fremont Lake Road and had entered a curve. The motorcycle left the roadway to the right and flipped. Both the driver and passenger were thrown from the motorcycle.
The driver succumbed to his injuries on scene. The passenger was injured and transported by ambulance to Pinedale Clinic, then flown to Idaho Falls ETRMC hospital for additional treatment.
Neither occupant was wearing a helmet.
The driver has been identified as Jake Byers, 28, of Casper, Wyo. The passenger was identified as 23-year-old Pinedale resident Katrina Dohrmann.
This is the 38th fatality on Wyoming’s highways in 2018 compared to 38 in 2017, 24 in 2016, and 49 in 2015 to date.
