Montana Highway Patrol Trooper, Hayden Mannetter tells MTN that an elderly woman died after a semi drove crashed into her car. Mannetter says that at about 4pm, January 12, on US 287 MM 23.9, a semi-truck driver was driving too fast for road conditions, when he lost control. The elderly woman drove into a ditch, what Mannetter said, in an attempt to avoid the semi. The truck did crash into the ditch, killing the elderly woman.
Alcohol and Drugs were not a factor in this crash, Trooper Mannetter said the crash resulted from speed and road conditions.
This story will be updated as we learn more.
