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Crash near Divide leaves one dead

Montana Highway Patrol
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DIVIDE — A 49-year-old Dillon man died after a single-vehicle crash on Thursday, May 8, 2025.

The man, driving a Ford F250, was headed southbound on Interstate 15 when his vehicle left the roadway to the left. It then hit a culvert embankment, was airborne, and then him a bridge pillar.

According to the Montana Highway Patrol, drugs or alcohol are not suspected as factors in the crash; however, speed may have been.

MHP's website reports 17 fatalities to date this year, compared to 12 deaths at this same time last year.

The incident remains under investigation.

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