Montana Highway 200 Crash Near Lincoln Kills Two, Injures Two After Pickup Slides Into Oncoming Lane
The Highway Patrol attributes the collision to a pickup that lost control during a right turn.
Overview
- Authorities identified the deceased as Michael Smith, 68, and Josy McLean, 60, both of Great Falls.
- The collision happened around 9:45 a.m. Sunday about 11 miles east of Lincoln near mile marker 84.
- An eastbound Dodge Ram with four occupants from Wolf Point slid into oncoming traffic and struck a Kia Telluride carrying four people.
- The Highway Patrol’s crash report says all occupants wore seatbelts and that alcohol or drugs were not factors.
- Two survivors from the Kia—a 43-year-old woman from Belt and a 65-year-old woman from Great Falls—were taken to St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, and the deceased were sent to the state crime lab for autopsy.