Good Samaritan, 18, dies tragically while helping an injured driver in Wyoming
An 18-year-old Good Samaritan tragically died after a car struck while he helping an injured driver in Wyoming.
An 18-year-old Good Samaritan tragically died after a car struck while he helping an injured driver in Wyoming.
Riggin Cole Schaffer, of Broadus, Montana, stopped to assist a driver who had been involved in a single-car accident on Highway 130 in Laramie, Wyoming, on March 23.
While helping, another driver crashed into them, killing the 18-year-old college student, his obituary said.
It is unclear if the second driver faces any charges or if there were additional injuries on the scene. DailyMail.com has reached out to the Wyoming Highway Patrol for comment.
While his life was tragically short, it was lived to the fullest, his family wrote. His loved ones will miss his laugh, getting to hear his random thoughts, and watching him find his way in the world (always entertaining).
They are grateful for every moment spent with him.
Schaffer was a student at WyoTech, where he was learning automobile collision repair, painting, and upholstery with dreams of one day hoping his own restoration shop working on old muscle cars, his obituary said.
He was working on a 1975 Z28 at school that he bought with his own money and one he couldnt wait to start fixing up.
Riggin Cole Schaffer, of Broadus, Montana , stopped to assist a driver who had been involved in a single-car accident on Highway 130 in Laramie, Wyoming, on March 23. While helping, another driver crashed into them, killing the 18-year-old college student
While his life was tragically short, it was lived to the fullest, his family wrote in his obituary. His loved ones will miss his laugh, getting to hear his random thoughts, and watching him find his way in the world (always entertaining)
Schaffer love for cars ran deep, as he also owned a 1971 Ford F100 and a Dodge Challenger, which he drove daily.
While attending college, he got into snowboarding and went every weekend.
Eventually, Snowy Mountain Ski Area offered his a job helping with the lifts.
He was a good kid, a coworker, who was not named, told Cowboy State Daily.
The young man grew up in Broadus with his sister Madeline York and his parents Stephanie and Bram Schaffer before moving to Laramie for school.
His family remembers his love of dinosaurs, dragons, and pirates as a child and how he wanted to be a paleontologist until he learned how many years of school that would take.
He was a good wrestler in high school and placed fifth at the Montana State Tournament, his obituary said.
Schaffer (pictured with his sister) was a student at WyoTech, where he was learning automobile collision repair, painting, and upholstery with dreams of one day hoping his own restoration shop working on old muscle cars
The young man grew up in Broadus (pictured). His family remembers his love of dinosaurs, dragons, and pirates as a child and how he wanted to be a paleontologist until he learned how many years of school that would take
He also loved old music, playing Xbox, branding season, and talking about cars.
I am sure gonna miss you Riggin, you always made me laugh or roll my eyes, and sometimes both at the same time, his relative Sommer Ruff-Schaffer wrote on Facebook.
He was an amazing person, I can’t believe this is real. I saw him last week and now he is gone. I’m so sorry for your loss. He was a gem in the Laramie community, Jordan Stephans wrote.