The Latest: Authorities release Wyoming crash victims’ names

CODY, Wyo. – The Latest on the wreck that killed three motorcyclists in northern Wyoming (all times local):

5:50 p.m.

The Wyoming Highway Patrol has released the names of three German motorcyclists who were killed in a traffic accident outside of Yellowstone National Park on Thursday.

The highway patrol on Friday released the following names of people killed at the scene:

— Tino Cachey, a 53-year-old man,

— Ute Cachey, a 52-year-old woman,

— Erik Brecht, a 37-year-old man.

The highway patrol hasn’t yet determined the home cities of the deceased.

Three other German riders were airlifted from the accident scene for medical treatment in Billings, Montana. The agency identifies them as:

— Frank Brecht, 47, of Buch Gannertshofen,

— Dieter Brecht, 65, of Ludwigshafen,

— Renate Geiger, 67, of Ludwigshafen.

Another rider, Christine Mueller, 44, of Buch Gannertshofen, was treated and released from West Park Hospital in Cody.

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3:40 p.m.

A 61-year-old man has been charged with misdemeanour homicide by vehicle after his pickup crashed into a group of motorcyclists from Germany who were heading to Yellowstone National Park in northern Wyoming.

Three of the motorcyclists died.

Manuel Moreno Defuentes, of Ontario, Oregon, made his first court appearance Friday in Cody.

Circuit Judge Bruce Waters set bail at $25,000 cash and set a preliminary hearing for Aug. 8. Defuentes doesn’t have an attorney yet and remains in custody.

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12:29 p.m.

A 61-year-old man has been arrested following a wreck that killed three motorcyclists from Germany who were heading to Yellowstone National Park in northern Wyoming.

The Cody Enterprise reports (http://bit.ly/1Ul296n ) that the Wyoming Highway Patrol arrested Manuel Moreno Defuentes, of Ontario, Oregon.

Defuentes was scheduled to make his first court appearance Friday in Cody. Defuentes doesn’t have an attorney yet and is being held at the Park County Detention Center.

The wreck occurred Thursday afternoon when a pickup truck crossed the centre line of U.S. Highway 14-16-20 west of Cody and crashed into a group of motorcyclists about 25 miles from Yellowstone. Two men and one woman were killed. Three others were injured and are in stable condition at a hospital in Billings, Montana.

Victim names have not been released.

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Information from: The Cody Enterprise, http://www.codyenterprise.com