The Wyoming Highway Patrol has reported that two separate crashes occurred on Interstate 80 on Saturday, resulting in 44 cars colliding between the two crashes.
The Missoula Police Department responded to the north end of the Russell St. Bridge near the intersection of W. Broadway for what was reported as a “head-on” collision.
34 year-old Robert Charles Nelson was identified by the Missoula County Attorney’s office as the suspect in Tuesday morning’s fatal hit and run incident.
This past week saw a disturbingly high number of roadway fatalities across the State of Montana, as winter weather made Thanksgiving driving conditions more hazardous.
The Missoula County Sheriff and Coroner TJ McDermott is releasing the name of the firefighter who died Wednesday afternoon working on the Lolo Peak Fire as Brent M. Witham, 29, of Mentone, California.
An unidentified infant boy was killed Wednesday morning as the result of a one-vehicle rollover crash that occurred on Interstate 90 not far from Superior.
Saturday evening at 6:40 a house fire was reported in the 9800 block of Butler Creek Road. Missoula County Sheriff’s Department spokesmen Jason Johnson says one man was killed in the fire, which Johnson says may have also involved an explosion of some type.