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Choking causes crash on US 20

WORLAND — A Powell driver who started choking on some food ended up across the highway through a right-of-way fence and in a canal Monday afternoon.

According to Wyoming Highway Patrol Trooper Brandon Kidgell, Stephen Swander, 60, of Powell was driving a truck and trailer registered to Admiral Beverage northbound on U.S. 20, south of Worland.

“The driver said he started choking on some food he was...