BOZEMAN – Two people are dead after a head-on crash involving two pickup trucks on Bridger Canyon Drive near Bozeman Saturday night.
According to Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Tyler Brant, the incident occurred around 7:55 p.m. at mile marker 15 near Flaming Arrow Road.
Brant said a man driving a white Chevrolet pickup south on Bridger Canyon crossed the center line and crashed into a woman driving north in a silver Dodge pickup. There were no passengers in either truck.
The woman in the northbound truck was wearing her seatbelt; the man driving the white truck was not wearing a seatbelt. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.
Trooper Brant said alcohol is suspected as a factor in the crash.
The names of those involved have not yet been released.
We will update you with any new information.