Two Killed in Area Crashes

By Dee Dee Dudley
JH Radio News

Filed 9.08.06

JACKSON, Wyo., -- Wednesday evening marked two fatal accidents in area national parks.

Glen Napierskie, 81, of Jackson, died after he swerved to avoid a vehicle turning off the highway onto Warm Springs Road in Grand Teton National Park. His northbound 1986 Suburban crashed head-on into an oncoming pick-up truck driven by 47-year-old Scot McClone of Wilson. Napierskie was pulled out of his vehicle by passing motorists, who attempted CPR, but were unable to revive him. McClone and his passenger were taken to St. John's Medical Center by ambulance for treatment of their injuries.

Napierskie was a well-known local business man. He built the Virginian Lodge in Jackson in 1963, owning the business at the time of his death. An employee of the Virginian said Napierskie was still active in managing his business and had been in the motel's office earlier Wednesday evening.

Following Napierskie's crash, a 27-year-old Michigan woman died in Yellowstone National Park when the vehicle she was riding in skidded out of control and over an embankment between Mammoth Hot Springs and the park's north entrance. The vehicle skidded over 160 feet, struck a guard rail, vaulted 45 feet down the embankment, and came to rest upside down along the riverbank.

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