UPDATE: Three killed in crash near Belt

Posted: Feb 25, 2013 11:08 AM by Matt Jones - MTN News
Updated: Feb 25, 2013 11:08 AM

UPDATE: The Montana Highway Patrol reports that three people were killed in an overnight collision east of Belt.

Authorities say that the two 25-year-old men in a Toyota pickup died, and the 27-year old man driving a Honda Accord also died.

None of them were wearing seatbelts, and they were the only people in the two vehicles, according to the Montana Highway Patrol.

Authorities have not yet released their names, nor indicated what may have caused the collision.

The MT Department of Transportation says that the road has been reopened to traffic as of 10:20 a.m.

GREAT FALLS - The Montana Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash that happened early Monday morning near the Armington Junction.

Authorities have confirmed that three people are dead after a head-on collision that involved two vehicles.

The call came in around 3:45 a.m. Monday, and MHP dispatched to mile marker 72 near highway 89.

A portion of highway 89 is closed off between Belt and the weigh station, and traffic is being diverted through Belt.

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