A 47-year-old Wyoming man died early Friday morning after his SUV veered off US Highway 26 near Alpine, rolled several times, and slammed into a tree.
The victim, identified as Theodore Filcher, was driving a Toyota 4Runner through a winding, forested section of the highway around 2:50 a.m., according to the Wyoming Department of Transportation. At mile marker 121.5, investigators say Filcher failed to make a right-hand curve.
His SUV slid on its driver’s side for nearly 300 feet before rolling multiple times down a turnout, smashing into a large tree, and ricocheting back toward the road. The vehicle finally came to a stop on the highway shoulder.
The Wyoming Highway Patrol says no weather or road hazards were reported at the time, but speed may have been a factor. Filcher wasn’t wearing a seat belt.
The crash marks Wyoming’s 75th road death this year—just 11 fewer than the toll in 2023, which was the state’s deadliest year in recent memory.
The original story by for County17.
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