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Montana Highway Patrol released the name of the victim killed in a motorcycle crash on Highway 12 Sunday. Ryan Cole, 28, was from Missoula.
The crash happened near mile marker 10, east of the Montana-Idaho state line.
MHP says Cole was eastbound shortly after 6 p.m., when he hit a guardrail and traveled along it for about 400 feet. He was thrown from the motorcycle and over the guardrail, suffering fatal injuries.
Highway 12 is known as a winding road -- popular with drivers and bikers, but also dangerous.
The Jefferson County Sherrif's office released the names of the five people killed in an Thursday crash east of Helena.
Beartooth NBC reports the victims are Crystal Ross, 30; Matthew Boegli, 29; Breighton Boegli,4; and Peighton and Maddison Boegli both age 3.
According to the Montana Highway Patrol the five people were headed west on Highway 12 right around 9:00 p.m. Thursday the 19th. Their truck collided with a Three Forks fire engine headed eastbound.
Both of the vehicles burst into flames. Three Forks Fire Chief Todd Rummel was also killed in the crash.