Three people are dead following a head-on collision in northeast Wyoming's Crook County, the Wyoming Highway Patrol says.

It happened around 11:52 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 9, near milepost 16 on U.S. 212, about four miles southeast of the Wyoming-Montana state line.

According to a fatality crash summary, a man was behind the wheel of a westbound Subaru Forester west he "merged into the eastbound lane to overtake an unknown passenger vehicle" and collided head-on with an oncoming Subaru Outback.

Both Subarus came to an uncontrolled rest in the south borrow ditch.

Sadly, both drivers, 29-year-old New Yorker Jonathan Vought and 73-year-old Montanan Eugene Cadwell, and Cadwell's passenger, 52-year-old Montanan Rebecca Cadwell, didn't survive their injuries.

All three were reportedly wearing their seat belts.

According to the summary, the highway was wet, and it was severely windy at the time of the crash.

Speed and driver inattention are listed as possible contributing factors.

There have been 102 reported fatal crashes in Wyoming this year, resulting in 114 deaths.