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Saturday, April 18, 2015
Andrew Mahncke of Columbia Falls was driving an ATV near Eureka at about 2:40 a.m. on Saturday when he side-swiped another ATV. His four-wheeler veered into a wooded area, where he collided with several trees. Mahncke died en route to the hospital. He was wearing an usecured helmet. The occupants of the other ATV were not injured. Montana Highway Patrol says the collisions occured during Koocanusa Fun Days. 
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Saturday, February 22, 2014
A Montana man has died in an avalanche while riding his snowmobile on the Idaho-Montana border. Authorities say a group of four men on snowmobiles triggered the avalanche about 1:15 p.m. Saturday while riding in the West Cabinet Range about 15 miles southwest of Troy, Mont. The Montana-based Flathead Avalanche Center says two snowmobilers were buried, but one had his face exposed and was dug out with no injuries. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department today identified the deceased snowmobiler as 49-year-old Bryan William Harlow of Libby, Mont.