Four people killed in crash on US. Hwy 2 near Happy’s Inn
by Duane Williams, KLCB-KTNY Radio
March 7, 2010
A fatal two-vehicle crash occurred on Highway 2 near Happy’s Inn Saturday evening at 6:10 pm resulting in four deaths. According to Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Bryce Ford, Jacob Colclough, 17, of Libby, was westbound, toward Libby on Highway 2, when he crossed the eastbound lane and across the fog line. Colclough jerked the wheel which caused the vehicle to cross back over the eastbound lane and into the westbound lane. Colclough again overcorrected, the vehicle turned sideways, and rolled into the eastbound lane colliding with an oncoming vehicle driven by Ramona Bauer, 59, of Columbia Falls. Colclough was ejected from his vehicle and suffered fatal injuries. Ramona Bauer suffered fatal injuries, as did the two juvenile passengers, a 13-year old boy and a 12-year old girl. All died at the scene. Trooper Ford says all were wearing seatbelts and no one involved in the accident had been drinking.
The children's names were not released and the accident is under investigation by the Montana Highway Patrol. _____________________________
Story by Duane Williams, KLCB-KTNY Radio, www.todaysbestcountryonline.com, e-mail: klcb@frontiernet.net.
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