A 22-year old Glasgow, Montana man is facing several felony charges arising out of a fatal car wreck that took place in May near Dewey. The man has been charged with vehicular homicide for driving under the influence and causing the death of one of his passengers in the car accident. He also faces two felony counts of negligent vehicular…Read More
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety recently released some statistics on teenage car accident deaths, and the news for Montana is discouraging. The IIHS ranked all 50 states in terms of teenage deaths in car accidents, and Montana is unfortunately in the top six for teenage death rates, a distinction the state shares with Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, West Virginia and…Read More
A head-on collision caused by a car going the wrong way on King Avenue in Billings sent two women to the hospital recently. The car accident happened on a weekday morning when a woman in an older model Lincoln Continental drove the wrong way in the eastbound lanes of the avenue, near 20th Street West. The drivers of two other…Read More
Montana viewers of the CBS TV show “The Good Wife” may already have heard that actress Kristin Chenoweth, who plays the part of a political reporter on the show, sustained a serious head injury last month while working on the set. This month Ms. Chenoweth released a statement to the press, stating that due to her injuries she is leaving…Read More
With our increasing dependence on personal technology, distracted driving is becoming a serious danger on the roads today. A recent distracted driver accident in Montana is an extreme example of a driver neglecting his responsibility to pay attention to the task of driving. The accident happened on Interstate 94 near Custer. According to authorities the driver, a 22-year-old Glendive man,…Read More
In late July a man and woman from Wisconsin were injured when their motorcycle left the road on Interstate 90 in Billings. The man was driving when he apparently lost control of the bike. The bike overturned and the two occupants were thrown from it. No other vehicles were involved. The Montana Highway Patrol indicated it was unclear whether or…Read More
Car accidents are unpredictable by nature and have unexpected consequences. This was illustrated in a recent hit-and-run accident near the intersection of Milton Road and Main Street in Billings. As two cars headed south on Main Street, a Subaru hit a Honda Civic and pushed it into a utility pole, causing a power outage that affected about 800 utility customers.…Read More
Drunk drivers are a continuing danger on Montana’s roads. In addition to imposing criminal penalties, Montana law permits those injured in a drunk driving accident to bring a civil lawsuit against the drunk driver. A recent sentencing arising from such a car accident serves as a reminder. Earlier this month, a former police officer was sentenced on one count of…Read More
The North Dakota oil boom has drawn many Montana workers to the state. However, a recent oil field accident reminds us that oil fields can be very dangerous places. A 21-year-old Montana man was found dead by a coworker at one such oil well. The state medical examiner’s report concluded that the young man died from hydrocarbon poisoning caused by…Read More
A Montana woman who suffered a traumatic brain injury in a car accident 12 years ago hasn’t let it slow her down: she made plans to cross the finish line in this year’s Missoula Marathon. The woman was 19 when a rollover accident left her with brain damage. Before the crash, the woman was on her high school track and…Read More