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Authorities Identify Victim in St. Ignatius Crash

Lance Albert Rishel, 30, was killed in a vehicle accident in St. Ignatius

By Beacon Staff

Authorities have identified the victim of a Sunday morning crash in Lake County.

Lake County Sheriff Don Bell said Lance Albert Rishel, 30, was killed in a vehicle accident in St. Ignatius around 3:30 a.m. on Jan. 3. A passerby discovered Rishel’s sedan crashed off the road against a tree on Dublin Gulch Road off U.S. Highway 93. He was the lone person in the vehicle, Bell said.

The crash is under investigation.

Montana Highway Patrol and tribal emergency services assisted in the crash.