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Saturday, April 19, 2014

The Montana Highway Patrol says a woman was killed and two men were injured when a minivan crashed east of Havre.

A Dodge Caravan drifted off U.S. Highway 2 shortly after 4 a.m. Sunday.

The highway patrol says in a statement the vehicle traveled down a steep embankment.

A 50-year-old Harlem woman was killed. The patrol says she was reportedly not wearing her seatbelt correctly.

The 29-year-old driver and a 21-year-old passenger were injured.

The patrol did not release their names. It was not immediately known whether speed or alcohol were factors.

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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Authorities responded to a fatal crash on I-90 Frontage Road near Bozeman Wednesday afternoon.

Montana Highway Patrol reports the call came in at 1:30 pm.

A Dodge truck and Subaru crashed at the intersection of the Frontage Road and the East Valley Center Road spur that crosses under I-90, in between Bozeman and Belgrade.

Trooper Brad Moore said the female driver of the Subaru, identified by the Gallatin County coroner as 30-year old Kari Friedman, attempted to make a left hand turn onto the Frontage Road going west toward Belgrade.

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Monday, April 14, 2014

A 32-year-old Havre man died and two people were injured in a rollover crash just north of Harlem.

The Montana Highway Patrol says the victim was driving a car southbound on Secondary Highway 241 at about 8:35 p.m. Tuesday when the car went off the road at a left-hand curve. The car went through the ditch, hit an approach and became airborne. The car landed and rolled onto its roof. None of the occupants were wearing seat belts.

The driver died at the scene. His name hasn't been released.

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Sunday, April 13, 2014

A 22-year-old man is dead after a motorcycle crash near Lolo.

According to Montana Highway Patrol the man, later identified as Samuel Forrest Fitch, was traveling on U.S. Highway 93 near Bird Lane when he failed to negotiate a curve shortly after 11:00 p.m. Monday.

The man was wearing a helmet.

The crash is still under investigation, and the man's name has not been released.

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Saturday, April 12, 2014

First responders were unable to resuscitate the victim of a rollover crash on Interstate 94 between Billings and Huntley Sunday afternoon.

The incident occurred at about 1:30 p.m.

A Help Flight helicopter was dispatched to the scene, but was waved off when officials determined that the victim had died, said a Montana Highway Patrol Trooper.

The 38-year-old female driver from Ballantine, headed westbound toward Billings at the time of the incident, was the only person in the vehicle.

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Friday, April 11, 2014

A 42-year-old man is dead after a single vehicle rollover crash Saturday night near Hamilton, according to the Montana Highway Patrol.

MHP dispatchers say the Hamilton resident was driving a Chevy Silverado around 6:45 p.m. near the intersection of Westhills Way and Blodgett Camp Road when he lost control of the truck, causing the vehicle to roll down an embankment.

We're told the truck came to a rest on its top. Emergency responders had to extricate the driver and a 37-year-old male passenger.

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Thursday, April 3, 2014
Missoula International Airport officials stated that a Minuteman Aviation helicopter crashed on airport land on Friday. Officials tell stated that the helicopter is a Bell 206. The two people on board walked away from the crash and refused medical attention. The incident occurred around 4 p.m. Airport officials say the helicopter was on its side following the crash and it is unknown at this time what caused the helicopter to go down. Airport staff say there was a small fire at the helicopter visible after the impact, though it is not known if the blaze started before the crash or after.
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Sunday, March 30, 2014

A Billings man has been charged with drunken driving, after crashing his car into another vehicle Monday morning in the Billings Heights.

The call came in at 12:30 a.m., said the Billings Police Department.

Alexander Konecny, 28, was cited for DUI as well as possession of dangerous drugs and drug paraphernalia, according to police

The Buick Century he was driving collided with a Mitsubishi Eclipse, driven by a 20-year-old man, police said. Two male passengers also were in the vehicle.

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Monday, March 24, 2014

Donald Huffman, a 45-year-old man from Anaconda, died in a motorcycle crash Tuesday afternoon on Montana Secondary Highway 569 near mile marker 3.3 in Deer Lodge County.

According to a dispatcher from Montana Highway Patrol, Huffman was riding his Harley-Davidson northbound on 569 when he went off the right side of the road. Huffman quickly turned left, making his way back on the pavement. The motorcycle then flipped onto its side.

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Thursday, March 20, 2014

A Laurel man was arrested Friday evening after leading police on a chase through town.

Laurel police say Mario Edward Berger, 23, was seen at 6:43 p.m. driving a silver Mitsubishi sports car north on South Fifth Avenue. Berger was driving recklessly, according to police.

An officer tried to stop Berger, but he sped off east onto West Main Street, and went through a red light at Fifth and Main. Berger then turned left onto Second Avenue and ran two more stop signs, according to police.