Worland Man Killed In Rollover Crash In Bighorn Mountains

A Worland man is dead after going off the road while driving on a major roadway in the Bighorn Mountains.

The Wyoming Highway Patrol says sometime on Saturday, February 1st, 45-year old Saul Martinez Junior was driving westbound on US Highway 16 near the South Fork Lodge, between Buffalo and Ten Sleep.

As the road started to turn left, Martinez’s vehicle went off the road to the right, through a guardrail and went down a steep embankment.

The vehicle started to roll and Martinez, who was not wearing a seat belt, was thrown from the vehicle.

There were no witnesses to the incident, but the scene was later discovered by a US Forest Service employee.

The Patrol says road conditions were dry at the time and that speed, as well as driver inattention, were contributing factors in the crash.