Rear-end collisions are one of the most common types of motor vehicle accidents in Montana and around the country. A recent example in Lake County ended up in a chain reaction that damaged five vehicles, closed Highway 93 North for more than an hour, and sent one driver to the hospital. The multi-vehicle car accident happened on a Tuesday morning…Read More
Car accident injuries can have a significant impact on a person’s life. One man who knows this all too well is a Flathead County Sheriff’s Deputy who suffered severe injuries in an off-duty auto accident caused by a negligent driver in August of this year. The deputy was on his way home from a friend’s house in Kalispell when the…Read More
When a vehicle crosses the centerline of a highway into the opposite lane of traffic at a high rate of speed, the drivers of vehicles in the opposite lane have very little time to react. All too often the result is a high-speed head-on collision resulting in death or serious injury. Perhaps due to the long distances traveled and the…Read More
The Bakken oil fields in Montana and North Dakota have provided substantial returns for oil companies. Unfortunately, sometimes safety takes a back seat to profits. In November of 2010 a Montana man, now 30 years old, suffered devastating injuries in a fire at a drilling rig. Recently, the man recovered a settlement worth at least $10 million. The man was…Read More
A semi truck driver suffered injuries in a crash allegedly caused by a drunken driver on Highway 314 recently. According to the Montana Highway Patrol, an automobile tried to pass the semi, which was pulling two trailers full of coal, on a curve. The car ran into a guardrail. The semi then either hit the car or crashed trying to…Read More
Those who work with heavy machinery in Montana know that there are risks involved. Tragically, those risks were fatal for a Butte man who died when an aerial lift overturned in that city recently. The 46-year-old man was an employee of a Butte rental company that owned the lift. He and another man were in the bucket of the lift…Read More
An auto accident on U.S. 87 between Fort Benton and Great Falls sent five people to the hospital recently. Although only two vehicles actually collided, the Montana Highway Patrol was looking for a third vehicle that fled the scene. The accident happened at about 3:30 on a Wednesday afternoon near Floweree, Montana. According to the MHP, a late 1990s or…Read More
A person driving a pickup or an SUV on a Montana highway is piloting two tons of steel at speeds that often hit 70 mph or more. It’s a serious responsibility, and one most drivers take for granted. But throw alcohol into the mix and the potential for serious injury or death becomes very real. Authorities believe drinking may have…Read More
A head-on collision often results in serious injury or death for those involved. But four people involved in a head-on crash just outside Great Falls recently were lucky: only one of them had to be taken to the hospital, and that personal injuries were reported to be minor. The car accident occurred at about 11:15 in the morning on Interstate…Read More
A head-on collision is one of the deadliest types of car accidents. Tragically, this was shown to be true in a recent crash just west of Bozeman that killed two drivers. The fatal car accident happened at about 10:50 p.m. on a recent Sunday night. A 54-year-old man from West Yellowstone was driving west on Highway 84 in a Mercedes.…Read More