Brody R. Phillips, 23, and Vernice E. Rayvon, 63, killed in head-on tractor-trailer collision on Highway 220 near Casper, Wyoming

Two tractor-trailers collided head-on about 6:30 a.m., said Darin Pepple, assistant fire chief for the Natrona County Fire Protection District. Both drivers were pronounced dead at the scene.

CASPER, Wyoming — A Utah man and a Texas man were killed Wednesday in a head-on crash between two tractor-trailer trucks. The crash happened about 6:30 a.m. on state Highway 220 about 38 miles southwest of Casper, according to Wyoming Highway Patrol Sgt. Phillips' truck crashed into a 2016 Freightliner hauling a trailer that was driven by Vernice E. Rayvon, 63, of Killeen, Texas. The crash caused a temporary closure of the highway with traffic being detoured around the scene until 2 p.m. Contributing factors in the crash are still being investigated, Wagener said.

The Wyoming Highway Patrol has identified a Utah man was one of two victims in a fatal head-on crash involving semi-trailer rigs near Casper. Wednesday collision on Highway 220, about 40 miles southwest of Casper, was 23-year-old Brody Phillips of Vernal. Troopers said that Phillips was driving east when his rig crossed into the westbound lane and struck Rayvon's semi. Both men were pronounced dead at the scene, WHP reported. WHP said.