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Susan Majerus, 67, dead and Christopher Wisley, 55, Robert Majerus, 68, and Rachel Lukasik, 11, injured in small plane crash in Great Falls, Montana

Date:

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Area:

The pilot, Wilsey, turned the airplane toward the valley before it struck the trees and crashed. An intense fire broke out on the craft, killing Susan Majerus, and injuring the three other people aboard. The plane was a Cessna 177.

Toney John Couch, 39, dies in motorcycle accident in Havre, Montana

Date:

Sunday, August 31, 2014

Area:

Great Falls, MT

Toney John Couch, who was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, was reportedly from Cut Bank. The crash is being investigated. Speed was not a factor in the crash, but the Montana Highway Patrol does not yet know if alcohol played a role.

Jacqui Lynn Harmala-Arndt, 31, dies is single-vehicle rollover crash near Belt, Montana

Date:

Saturday, August 30, 2014

Area:

Great Falls, MT

According to Schnider Funeral Home, the Belt driver died of injuries suffered in the crash on Saturday.

Earl Corrall, 78, died after pickup struck by a train near Hysham, Montana

Date:

Friday, August 29, 2014

Area:

Billings, MT

A 78-year-old Huntley man died Friday morning after his pickup stopped on the tracks and was struck by a train.

Jeffery Porter, 58, killed on rollover accident on Interstate 90 near Alberton, Montana

Date:

Monday, August 18, 2014

Area:

Missoula, MT

A 58-year-old Huson man died in a rollover crash on Interstate 90 just west of Alberton. The Montana Highway Patrol says the man was eastbound at about 6:30 p.m. Monday when he drove off the left side of the road into the median. The man overcorrected back onto the roadway and lost control of the car, which rolled through the median and came to rest in the westbound lanes. Missoula County Sheriff's Capt. Rob Taylor says Jeffery Porter was thrown from his car and died at the scene. The crash closed the interstate for over two hours.

Nikki Dillon, 28, killed in rollover crash on Highway 91 near Pryor on August 13 or August 14.

Date:

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Area:

Billings, MT

Authorities say a 28-year-old woman died in a rollover crash near Pryor, but her 2-year-old son survived with minor injuries. The Billings Gazette reports the Big Horn County coroner identified the woman as Nikki Dillon of Pryor, though she recently lived in Crow Agency. Montana Highway Patrol officials say she was driving east on Highway 91 when she veered off the road, overcorrected and rolled down a steep embankment. It is not clear when the crash happened. Dillon was last seen on Tuesday night, and the vehicle was spotted Wednesday afternoon.

Samantha J. Conn, 27, killed in rollover crash on Secondary Highway 24 in Billings, Montana

Date:

Friday, August 1, 2014

Area:

Billings, MT

Officials in northeastern Montana have identified a 27-year-old Morehead, Kentucky, woman who died in a weekend rollover crash near Fort Peck. Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Glenn Quinnell tells The Billings Gazette that Samantha J. Conn died just after 8:30 a.m. Saturday when she was thrown from a minivan as it rolled. The patrol says Conn's sister was northbound on Secondary Highway 24 when she became distracted by deer on the side of the road.

Jesse Lee Adolph, 32, dies in crash into Musselshell River on July 10.

Date:

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Area:

Billings, MT

The Roundup man who was killed when the vehicle he was traveling in plunged into the Musselshell River early Thursday has been identified as 32-year-old Jesse Lee Adolph, 32.

The cause of death is not yet known, said Sheriff Woodrow Weitzeil. An autopsy is scheduled for Saturday.

Adolph and two other men were headed northbound in a small SUV when the 21-year-old driver failed to negotiate a sharp turn on Parrot Creek Road, said Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Matt Christensen.

Robert Lambert, 61, killed in single vehicle crash on June 30 on Schwartz Creek Road.

Date:

Sunday, June 29, 2014

Area:

Missoula, MT

Officials tell NBC Montana the name of a man who died in a fatal crash Monday evening.

Montana Highway Patrol says alcohol was a factor in the crash and the victim was not wearing a seat belt.

The 61-year-old Missoula man was Robert Lambert.

NBC Montana was told his pickup went off an embankment on a county road south of Clinton area.

Montana Highway Patrol says Lambert was traveling westbound on Schwartz Creek Road at about 7 p.m. Monday night when his pickup drove off the south shoulder of the road.

Ryan Cole, 28, killed in motorcycle crash on Highway 12 on June 29.

Date:

Saturday, June 28, 2014

Area:

Missoula, MT

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.