BIGFORK - An 18-year-old man from Bigfork died in a one-vehicle crash on Sunday, July 2, 2023.
The Montana Highway Patrol reports the crash happened shortly before 9 p.m. near the intersection of Montana Highway 35 and Village Lane in Bigfork.
The victim was driving a motorcycle north on MT 35 "at a high rate of speed" when he hit the rear end of a Lexus driven by an 87-year-old man from Kalispell, according to the MHP.
According to the MHP, the young man was thrown from the motorcycle and later died at a hospital.
The name of the man has not been released at this point.
The MHP says that he was wearing a helmet, and that alcohol and speed may have been factors in the crash.
The two people in the Lexus were not injured.
The MHP is continuing to investigate the crash.
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