GREAT FALLS — A young man died and young woman was injured in a one-vehicle rollover crash in Big Horn County on Saturday, May 18, 2024.
The crash happened at about 8:30 a.m. along Highway 384 near Hardin.
In a news release on Tuesday, May 21, the Montana Highway Patrol said that a 18-year-old man from Garryowen was driving a Dodge pickup truck when he drifted to the right and over-corrected, causing the vehicle to slide off the right side of the road.
The vehicle rolled over an embankment near mile marker 1.5 and came to a rest in the Bighorn River, according to the MHP.
The driver died at the scene; his name has not been released at this point.
The passenger - an 18-year old woman from Lodge Grass - reportedly only sustained minor injuries and did not require hospitalization.
According to the MHP, neither occupant was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.
The MHP crash report states that alcohol, drugs, and/or speed were not factors in the collision.
