Free State graduate dies in Wyoming traffic accident

A Lawrence man who had just moved to Wyoming to go to school was killed Wednesday evening in a traffic accident near Laramie.

Jason W. Alldredge, 19, was partially ejected from a pickup truck as it overturned 18 miles east of Laramie, Albany County Undersheriff John Fanning said. The accident occurred about 6:30 p.m. on a dirt road in Medicine Bow National Park.

Alldredge was a passenger in the truck driven by a Christopher Anderson, Clayton, Calif., Fanning said.

Anderson was treated and released from a hospital.

The accident is still under investigation, he said.

Alldredge’s parents, Stan and Sue Alldredge, Lawrence, were notified about midnight Wednesday by Lawrence Police, Stan Alldredge said.

“He had just moved out there about a month ago to go to Wyoming Tech (Technical Institute),” Stan Alldredge said.

Jason Alldredge, who was a 2001 graduate of Free State, was going to study hot rod restoration, Stan Alldredge said.

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