A 51-year old man from Thompson Falls died following a one-car rollover in Sanders County.
The Montana Highway Patrol reports that the fatal accident happened around 7:00 p.m. Wednesday Highway 200 near Noxon.
MHP dispatchers say the man was driving his vehicle westbound on the highway when he rounded a curve and drifted off the road. The driver then over-corrected, crossed the roadway, went off the opposite side of the highway, and then hit a snowbank.
The driver was ejected from his vehicle.
The Sanders County Sheriff's Department and the Montana Highway Patrol are still investigating the accident.
(from April 8, 2009)
A man died in a single vehicle rollover accident which happened in Sanders County on Wednesday night.
Sanders County Sheriff Gene Arnold told us that a vehicle rolled over near Noxon on Montana Highway 200.
An adult male was killed in the accident and Arnold believes there are no other injuries. This marks the sixth fatal accident on Montana's roads in two days.
Both the sheriff's office and the Montana Highway Patrol are investigating the accident.