{"id":44225,"date":"2026-02-23T17:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?p=44225"},"modified":"2026-02-23T17:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:41:08","slug":"university-of-wyoming-community-stunned-after-3-students-are-tragically-passed-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?p=44225","title":{"rendered":"University of Wyoming Community Stunned After 3 Students Are Tragically Passed Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a devastating incident near the Wyoming-Colorado border, three young lives from the University of Wyoming\u2019s swimming and diving team were tragically cut short in a car crash. The victims, identified as sophomore Charlie Clark, 19, from Las Vegas; junior Luke Slabber, 21, from Cape Town, South Africa; and freshman Carson Muir, 18, from Birmingham, Alabama, lost their lives at the intersection of U.S. Highway 287 and Red Mountain Road in between Livermore and Virginia Dale, Colorado.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-9\">\n<div id=\"ternalnews.com_responsive_2\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/23201474937\/ternalnews.com\/ternalnews.com_responsive_2_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The early findings indicate that the driver swerved, leading the vehicle to veer off the road and roll multiple times. The university stated that the accident is currently under investigation, and the Colorado State Patrol, on Friday, mentioned that no potential factors have been ruled out, including speed, impairment, or other distractions that might have contributed to the tragic crash.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\">\n<div id=\"anchorslot\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p>Amidst this heartbreaking incident, two other members of the men\u2019s swimming and diving team sustained non-life-threatening injuries and have been discharged from the hospital. Notably, one of the survivors was behind the wheel when the crash occurred shortly before 2:45 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle, a Toyota RAV4 carrying five occupants, left the southbound lane and rolled multiple times, resulting in the ejection of two individuals, as reported by the Colorado State Patrol, which is actively investigating the details surrounding the accident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a devastating incident near the Wyoming-Colorado border, three young lives from the University of Wyoming\u2019s swimming and diving team were tragically cut short in a car&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44226,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - 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