MISSOULA – A 23-year-old Seeley Lake man faces charges for a hit-and-run crash that killed a bicyclist last summer on Highway 83 near Seeley Lake.
Cody Bartlett faces felony charges of failing to stop at the scene where a person was killed or seriously injured and tampering with physical evidence, along with misdemeanor charges of careless driving, failure to quickly notify law enforcement of an accident and obstructing a peace officer.
Bartlett is charged in the June 25, 2009 death of 18-year-old Rodney “Jake” Loudon of Seeley Lake.
Court records say Bartlett had consumed two beers and two rum and Cokes and was driving near the center line trying to adjust his radio when he struck what he says he thought was a deer.
Loudon’s body was found on the side of the road the next day.