(UPDATE, NOVEMBER 16) Fergus County Coroner Dick Brown released the following information:
On November 13th, 2018, at 1025 hours, a 9 1 1 call of was received reporting a man transporting his 60+ year old brother who may have had a stroke, he is unsure, CPR is in progress. He was transported to the Central Montana Medical Center in Lewistown where Jeffrey L. Urlacher 63 of Billings was pronounced dead.
It was reported that these two brothers were involved in an accident about 45 minutes before the collapse. An autopsy was performed on Wednesday morning and this man died of natural causes with no connection to the accident.
(UPDATE, 4:17 p.m.) The crash involved two vehicles on private property, according to the MHP.
The two vehicles were going up a hill on their way to a work site; the car in front slid backward and into the second vehicle, which was pulling a trailer and subsequently jack-knifed.
About 45 minutes after the crash, one of the people involved in the crash began having “medical issues” and passed away.
The MHP has not yet determined if the death was due to injuries sustained in the crash, or natural causes.
Officials are continuing to investigate; we will update you if we get more information.
(1st Report, 3:45 p.m.) The Montana Highway Patrol reports that a person died following a crash in Fergus County on Tuesday afternoon.
The crash was reported to the MHP at 1:50 p.m.
It happened several miles east of Lewistown, at or near the intersection of US Highway 87 and Stillman Road.
The MHP has not yet released any other details about the incident.
We will update you when we get more information.
