Wyoming jury awards $2M to widow, daughter for biker crash
April 30, 2021 GMT
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) A jury has awarded $2 million to the widow and daughter of a motorcycle rider killed by a Wyoming intersection crash.
Bill Gray, 62, of Casper, died two weeks after a driver struck him on his motorcycle in the Evansville intersection in 2017.
Police video showed the driver telling an officer the intersection was difficult to navigate while it was under construction. A lawsuit alleged construction contractor Knife River Corp. and its subcontractor for traffic control, Roadworx, were negligent in how they set up barrels or traffic cones to guide traffic through the intersection, the Casper Star-Tribune reported.
Wyoming jury awards $2M to widow, daughter for biker crash
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