Motor home crashes into Buffalo store, man killed

Associated Press - July 18, 2008 12:55 PM ET BUFFALO, Wyo. (AP) - A man was killed when a motor home lost its brakes and crashed into a storefront in downtown Buffalo. The crash happened late Thursday afternoon. The Wyoming Highway Patrol says 73-year-old James D. Stark, of Hot Springs, Ark., died at the scene. His wife, 68-year-old Saralee Stark, has been hospitalized in Casper. According to the patrol, the Starks were headed downhill from Powder River Pass on U.S. Highway 16 when their brakes began to overheat. James Stark pulled over to give the brakes time to cool off, but the brakes went out after the couple got back on the road. Troopers estimate the motor home was going 50 mph when it came to a T-shaped intersection in downtown Buffalo and crashed into a... [read full story]