On the night of March 14, a Cadillac drifted into the wrong lane and was struck head-on by an oncoming UPS truck southeast of Powell. Both drivers suffered serious injuries, with the man behind the wheel of the Cadillac left in critical condition.
When the first 911 call came into the Park County Communication Center, GPS data placed the scene of the crash near Crown Hill Cemetery. In fact, the vehicles had collided on Wyo. Highway 295, about 4 miles to the south, and it took an alert trooper with the Wyoming Highway Patrol to route the first responders in the right direction.
“Was it a significant time delay? No,” said Monte McClain, the communications supervisor for the Park County Sheriff’s Office. “But four minutes in a life-and-death situation is still four minutes.”
“We need to fix this,” McClain said… READ MORE
