Fatality

The Patrol is investigating the possibility that Ortiz may have been driving too fast for the slick road conditions.

The road conditions were slick at the time.

The Wyoming Highway Patrol confirmed Thursday that a crash on Interstate 80 about 8 miles west of Laramie has resulted in the death of one man.

There is no danger to the public in connection with the death, Romberg said.

The Patrol says everyone inside the Ford was wearing their seat belts at the time of the crash.

A University of Wyoming professor was killed in a motorcycle crash on Interstate 15 in Nevada on Wednesday.

A man was killed in a motorcycle crash near Laramie after trying to elude law enforcement on Sat, July 15.

Investigators are looking at excessive speed and driver inattention as contributing factors in the crash.