Authorities say that a Tuesday night accident which happened south of Wyola claimed the life of the dean of students for Lodge Grass schools.

Wallace Leider, 57, was killed when a vehicle T-boned his car. The Pontiac Bonneville that hit Leider fled the scene and authorities are still searching for the driver.

Leider was also Superintendent of the Lodge Grass Elementary School, and has been part of the school district for more than two decades.

Funeral services for Leider are scheduled for Friday and Saturday in Crow Agency and Lodge Grass.

(from April 15, 2009)

A Lodge Grass man died following a two-vehicle crash which happened at around 8:15 p.m. on Tuesday.

The Montana Highway Patrol tells us a 57-year old Lodge Grass man was attempting to turn his Toyota Corolla onto a private lane off of Montana Secondary 451 at the same time a Pontiac Bonneville was heading northbound when the vehicle partially T-boned.

The driver of the Toyota was pronounced dead at the scene and was not wearing a seat belt.

We're told the occupants in the Bonneville fled the scene and it's still not known who the Bonneville belonged to and how many passengers were inside the vehicle.

Authorities say that speed does not appear to have been a factor in the crash and the MHP is investigating the accident.