71-year-old Florida biker killed after mishandling mountain highway curve Saturday

71-year-old Florida biker killed after mishandling mountain highway curve Saturday

CODY, Wyo. — A Florida motorcyclist is dead after failing to negotiate a mountainous hairpin turn on Wyoming Highway 296 northwest of Cody on Saturday. The 71-year-old was wearing their helmet. According to a crash report made using information by the Wyoming Highway Patrol, 71-year-old Mel Ortega was heading west on WYO 296 — a scenic and winding mountain highway following the path of the Clark’s Fork of the Yellowstone River — at around 1:50 p…