MISSOULA – Authorities say a 21-year-old man was killed when the car he was riding in was struck by another vehicle heading in the opposite direction near Seeley Lake.
The Montana Highway Patrol says Chason Buxton was riding in the front passenger seat of a car that was hit at the junction of Montana 200 and Montana 83 a little after 10 p.m. Thursday. Two people in the other car, as well as the 25-year-old driver of the car Buxton was in, were hospitalized with minor injuries.
KECI-TV reports that troopers are awaiting results from blood tests to determine if drugs or alcohol were involved in the crash.