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The Wyoming Highway Patrol on Monday identified the 20-year-old man who died Sunday in a crash on Casper Mountain. Nikolas Clark, of Casper, died around 7 a. m. Sunday on Casper Mountain Road after his car went over a cliff, said Highway Patrol Trooper Jason Sawdon. “Somebody traveling too fast down the mountain is what it looks like it is,” Sawdon said. Toxicology tests will also be performed to see if Clark had been drinking alcohol, Sawdon said. Sawdon said the car did not appear to have any mechanical failures. Witnesses said Clark’s 2002 Ford Focus was traveling upward of 70 mph near a bank of mailboxes when the vehicle veered right, went airborne and hit two trees. He died on impact, Sawdon said. Clark was wearing his seatbelt, and the car's airbag deployed. He was alone in the vehicle, Sawdon said. “I told my dad, ‘You won’t believe it. We’ve arrived and I’m driving a Ford F150,’” he said. Any Wyomingite will tell you there’s nothing better than exploring the Forever West’s open spaces — in a truck, more times than not — navigating roads nestled between mountains and world-renowned scenery. Source: trib.com
