Another Wrong Way Driver In Montana

Are you kidding me? Just as I finish writing about a young, healthy 24-year-old young lady, Taylee Bornong, who was hit head on by a wrong way driver just outside of Livingston on July, 10th, another incident takes place.

In the case involving Taylee, 19 calls were made about seeing the person driving the wrong way, semi’s blasted their horns hoping to draw attention to the careless driver, and that didn’t stop the driver.

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Just 9 days later, there is another incident involving a wrong way driver. This time, it was first reported outside of Three Forks, with a stop taking place by Logan.

During the early morning hours of July 18th (2 AM), reports came in about someone driving the wrong way down Interstate 90.

The man was driving a stolen vehicle when he was reported to police for driving eastbound in the westbound lane.

An officer was notified of the reckless driving incident and was able to set up another officer down the road with the appropriate stopping tools. At mile marker 284, stop strips were set up and the vehicle was stopped.

What if the officers were not able to stop this man? How many more lives would have been put in danger?

Wrong way driving has become increasingly common this year and one of the major factors in these incidents is alcohol. On more than one occasion, alcohol has been detected in the system of the driver.

The city has put up more signs near interstate on and off ramps to try and prevent people from heading down the interstate at 70+mph going the wrong way. It seems like it did help as we went a couple of months without an incident, but now in July, less than two weeks apart, we have two wrong way driving incidents.

What are the next steps we need to take to prevent this from happening?