The weekend of July 4 and the days surrounding it were fatal on Montana roads, killing 8 other people and injuring five, according to the Montana Highway Patrol. Two of the injuries occurred in Cascade County.
On June 26, a twist of fate on a motorcycle claimed the life of a 55-year-old man from Livingston. At approximately 1:30 p. m. curve and crashed. Speed and alcohol could be points in the fate’s turn, but the investigation is ongoing.
On July 1, a head-on collision between two cars in Lake County left one user dead and two injured. Just after the 1 a. a. a Toyota Camry in front. The driver of the Subaru pronounced him dead at the scene. The driver of the Camry a 34-year-old Honduran woman and his passenger a 21-year-old Honduran woman. It is not known if they were dressed in seat belts. Both were taken to Providence St. Patrick of Missoula with life-threatening injuries. The Subaru driver was not wearing his seat belt and MHP said alcohol would be a problem in the crash.
Also on July 1, another twist of fate on a motorcycle killed a 43-year-old North Dakota man near Sydney. The man driving east on Montana Highway 23 at 10:30 p. m. Intersection road, County Road 261. La motorcycle overturned and slid into the ditch. The driver was taken to the Sydney Health Centre, where he died from his injuries.
One user was killed and another injured on July 4 in an overturned single vehicle. The timing of the turn of fate has not yet been determined. A Jeep Wrangler driving east on U. S. Highway 212. to the left when it deviated from the right side of the road to an embankment. The vehicle started, ejecting the two occupants, a 21-year-old man from Arkansas and a 21-year-old man from Texas. The Arkansas man killed and his passenger injured. Neither of them wore seat belts.
On July 4, a 2-car crash in Cascade County, a downpour killed two Colorado residents, a 53-year-old man and a 54-year-old woguy. Just before 6 p. m. , his Kia Sorento was heading west on U. S. Highway 87. U. S. Air Forces-89 near Great Falls when he was aquaplaning on rainy roads in eastbound traffic, where he collided with a Chevrolet Traverse driven through a 29-year-old woguy from Sand Coulee. The two fatalities, either of whom were wearing seat belts, spoke out at the scene. The driver of the Traverse, who was not tied up, was taken to the Benefis Health System. It is unknown whether drugs, alcohol or speed were points of the accident.
In Madison County, a twist of fate on July 6 killed one and sent another to the hospital near Melrose. A Chevrolet SUV was traveling south on Interstate 15 at 10 a. m. when the driving force, a 53-year-old California man, fell asleep and went off the road. He overcorrected twice, rolling the vehicle’s times and partially ejecting the passenger, a 51-year-old Californian. The passenger was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver was buckled, while the passenger was not.
The timing of two injuries in Cascade County occurred just before 7 p. m. m. on Interstate 15 near Great Falls. media. The Ford Focus of the type drove directly for about two hundred meters before colliding head-on with a bridge pillar. Tire marks at the scene imply that the guy did not brake or perform evasive maneuvers before the collision. the scene. It is not known if he was wearing a seat belt. The report does not say whether the MHP is investigating whether drugs, alcohol or speed played a role in the crash.
Despite this series of fatal accidents, bringing the annual death toll to 75, the MHP reports that we still have about 30 fatalities in this era last year.