Two killed, three injured in separate crashes in rural Montana

Emergency crews pronounced the 31-year-old Pryor man lifeless on the scene, based on an announcement from Montana Freeway Patrol. A boy and a lady touring with the person, ages 8 and seven, respectively, had been hospitalized.

The person was driving an SUV northbound on Pryor Hole Highway on Friday afternoon, MHP stated. Close to St. Charles Mission College, about two miles south of Pryor, he got here to a curve within the street and the SUV overturned. The driving force, who based on MHP was not sporting a seat belt, was ejected from the SUV. First responders transported the 2 kids, who had been sporting seat belts, to a Billings hospital.

Rushing is suspected to be an element within the crash, which remains to be underneath investigation. The street was additionally moist from rainfall within the area.

Later that very same day, a crash on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation killed a person and despatched a girl to the hospital.

The person was driving east on U.S. Freeway 212 in a Ford Coupe, MHP stated. When he reached the roundabout in Lame Deer, the automobile went off the street because it rounded the curve. The coupe overturned, and its 52-year-old driver was killed. A lady touring with the person was taken to an Indian Well being Companies hospital. Neither of them, based on MHP, had been sporting seat belts on the time of the crash. Whereas MHP remains to be investigating the reason for the rollover, alcohol is suspected to be an element.

Prior to now week, based on MHP information, there have been 5 deadly crashes on Montana’s roads. In Billings earlier this week, a girl was killed when the SUV she was driving collided with a tree on Grand Avenue. At the very least 40 folks have been killed in wrecks to this point this 12 months, per the Montana Division of Transportation.