A 22-year-old Wyomingite is dead following a head-on collision on the Wind River Indian Reservation.

The crash happened around 3:17 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 8 at milepost 5.9 on Wyoming 132 (Blue Sky Highway), about a mile south of Ethete or about 15 miles north of Lander.

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According to a fatality crash summary from the Wyoming Highway Patrol, a Pontiac was headed southbound when the driver attempted to pass another southbound vehicle and collided head-on with an oncoming Dodge.

"The Dodge attempted to steer towards the southbound lane to avoid a collision," the summary reads. "The Pontiac steered back toward the southbound lane and impacted the Dodge head-on in the southbound lane."

1 Killed, 3 Injured

The collision left unbuckled passenger Precious Gould dead and both drivers and another passenger injured.

Driver Inattention

The summary lists driver inattention as a possible contributing factor.

Gould is the 97th reported person to die on Wyoming's highways this year.

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