Identities Released in Fatal Crash Involving Boy Scouts

Questions Still Linger Over Violent Head-On Collision

Investigators remain puzzled as to why a Honda Element carrying 3 boy scouts and their troop leader apparently veered into oncoming traffic and collided with a motor home on Highway 120 near Thermopolis, WY.

Five people were killed as a result of the crash. All 3 boy scouts and their leader were killed in the Honda Civic, as well as a 3 year-old passenger of the motor home. The scouts had just finished camping in Northern Wyoming and were on their way back to Woodland Park near Colorado Springs. The vehicle was one of three transporting scouts between Wyoming and Colorado.

The motor home, which was trailing a passenger vehicle and was registered with Florida license plates, was transporting 5 people. One was airlifted to St. Vincent Medical Center in Billings, MT, while three others with less severe injuries were treated at the Hot Springs Memorial Hospital in Thermopolis. The three year old killed in the accident was the fifth passenger. 

The three scouts were all attending Woodland Park High School. Superindendant of Woodland Park School District Jed Bowman reflected on the severity of the accident and offered assistance for those grieving the crash: “We will have counselors, staff and community members present to support each other as we come to terms with this tragedy,” he wrote. “We will likely open our school as a gathering place in the days to come and will provide more information once that is available.”

Unanswered questions regarding why the Honda Element veered into oncoming traffic remain at the forefront of the case. The crash remains under investigation.

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Sources: Boy Scouts from Woodland Park killed in Wyoming crash, Wyoming Highway Patrol seeks clues in fatal collision