A motorcyclist is hospitalized but expected to recover after getting rear-ended by a Dodge Durango northwest of Cheyenne on Tuesday evening.

At 9:18 p.m. Tuesday, the Wyoming Highway Patrol (WHP) got a call about an incident involving a vehicle and a motorcycle. It occurred near the intersection of Horse Creek Road (Wyoming Highway 211) and Frentheway Road.

“The motorcycle driver was heading westbound and slowed down to around 35 mph to turn onto Frentheway Road,” Aaron Brown, WHP’s public information officer, told Cowboy State Daily. “The Dodge Durango was also westbound and was unable to slow down before striking the bike from behind.”

The motorcycle, a Yamaha R6, was hit so forcefully that it embedded deep into the front of the Durango. Brown didn’t know how fast the Durango was movi

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