U.S. 287, infamously nicknamed the ‘Highway of Death,’ has claimed three more victims.
Thursday afternoon at about 2:46 p.m., three members of the University of Wyoming’s swim and dive team died in a single-vehicle accident along U.S. 287 between Livermore and Virginia Dale, just 10 miles south of the Wyoming border.
The victims were 18-year-old Carson Muir, a freshman on the women’s team and animal and veterinary sciences major from Birmingham, 19-year-old Charlie Clark, a sophomore psychology major from Las Vegas, Nevada, and 21-year-old Luke Slabber, a junior studying construction management from Cape Town, South Africa. Luke Slabber and Charlie Clark were both on the men’s team.
Two additional male passengers, ages 20 and 21 and both on the men’s team, sustained only minor injuries and were transported to a local hospital.
According to kdvr in Colorado, investigators said the Toyota Rav4 crossed northbound lanes and rolled several times down an embankment, ejecting two people and closing traffic in both directions.
Head coach Dave Denniston said his team is “devastated” following the crash and more information is to be released after families of the victims are notified.
The Cowgirls are in the midst of competing this week in the 2024 Mountain West Championships in Houston, Texas.
The Cowboys are set to compete in the Western Athletic Conference championships in Pharr, Texas Feb. 28 through March 2
UW alumni and students are seeking to instill change by petitioning to have the highway put up rail guards. See: https://www.change.org/p/implement-guard-rails-on-highway-287-for-safer-travel
A GoFundMe has been set up to offset funeral costs of the victims: https://www.gofundme.com/f/alwaysacowboy
For more information, visit: https://www.uwyo.edu/news/2024/
A message from the President: https://www.uwyo.edu/news/2024/02
**This story will be updated as new information is released
Editor’s note: Our condolences go out to the friends and families of the victims.
