First 2010 victim on state's highways identified
Posted: Jan 2, 2010 9:36 PM
Updated: Jan 4, 2010 1:01 PM
The Chouteau County Sheriff has released the name of the first person to die on Montana roads this New Year.
Curtis Dean Denny, 25, was living in Missoula and recently moved back to Box Elder. The Montana Highway Patrol reports that Denny died just before 10:00 Friday night near Box Elder.
It's believed he over-corrected on Duck Creek Road in Choteau County, south of Havre, and rolled over several times before being ejected.
Authorities say that Denny had been drinking and speeding and was not wearing a seat belt.
(from January 3, 2009)
Officials have yet to identity the Missoula man who become the first person to die on Montana roads this New Year.
The victim was killed after rolling his vehicle over on New Years Day. It was the first fatal car crash on Montana highways in the New Year.
The 25-year-old man was the single occupant who died just before 10:00 p.m. Friday near Box Elder.
The Montana Highway Patrol said the man over-corrected on Duck Creek Road in Choteau County, south of Havre, and rolled several times before being ejected.
Authorities said he had been drinking and speeding and was not wearing a seat belt.
