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Two Great Falls Women Die in Head-on Crash Near West Glacier

The Montana Highway Patrol says the car the women were in crossed the center line Wednesday afternoon

By Associated Press

GREAT FALLS – Two 18-year-old Great Falls women were killed in a head-on crash on U.S. Highway 2 near West Glacier.

The Montana Highway Patrol tells the Great Falls Tribune the car the women were in crossed the center line Wednesday afternoon, struck a guardrail and then swerved back into the roadway into the path of a van.

On Thursday, the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office the victims as 18-year-old Caitlin Benner of 18-year-old Vanessa Fitzgerald.

The 34-year-old Kalispell man driving the van was unable to swerve to avoid the collision. He and a 1-year-old child in the car were not injured. The victims’ names have not been released.