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By ZACH SPADT
Staff Reporter

First-responders conduct mass-casualty training in Washakie County

November 3, 2022

Zach Spadt

Washakie County Public Health Officer Dr. Stephen Asay performs CPR on a crash "victim" during the mass-crash training exercise at US 20 and Washakie 10 on Oct. 25.

NORTH WASHAKIE COUNTY - It was a brisk evening as the fire trucks and ambulances began arriving to the scene just off a major highway in Washakie County.

Two minivans carrying a combined 14 passengers had collided. One passenger lay in the roadway, apparently having flown through a front windshield.

Of the 14 passengers, two died at the scene.

Choreographed chaos ensued.

EMTs and firefighte...

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