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Montana man pleads guilty after crashing into MHP trooper’s vehicle

Posted at 12:11 PM, Mar 20, 2019
and last updated 2019-03-20 14:11:16-04
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Larry Lee Rowland pleaded guilty to criminal endangerment and negligent vehicular assault for the January 2018 crash.

GREAT FALLS – A Great Falls man has entered a new plea for crashing his car into a Montana Highway Patrol trooper’s vehicle.

Larry Lee Rowland pleaded guilty to criminal endangerment and negligent vehicular assault for the January 2018 crash.

Rowland’s vehicle was traveling at a speed of more than 100 mph along Interstate 15 near Cascade when he struck the trooper’s vehicle.

Troopers on scene noticed Rowland smelled of alcohol and his speech was slow and slurred, according to court documents.

The criminal possession of dangerous drugs charge will be dismissed.

-Margaret DeMarco reporting for MTN News