Wyoming Highway Patrol Maj. James Thomas said two of the people who died were found in their vehicle outside of the tunnel, where the crash came to a stop. The third was found inside the tunnel.

Riggin Cole Schaffer, who grew up in Broadus, was on a road outside of Laramie coming to the aid of a man who’d wrecked his pickup truck, according to a statement from Wyoming Highway Patrol.

DailyMail.com has reached out to the Wyoming Highway Patrol for comment. 'While his life was tragically short, it was lived to the fullest,' his family wrote. 'His loved ones will miss his laugh ...

GREEN RIVER, Wyo. (AP) — A series of chain-reaction crashes and a fire in a Wyoming highway tunnel that killed three people started when a pickup truck lost control and partially blocked traffic ...