UPDATE: 12:53 p.m. - March 12, 2025
Authorities have released the name of a man who died in a Tuesday morning crash north of Seeley Lake.
Missoula County Sheriff and Coroner Jeremiah Petersen says the victim was 45-year-old Ryan C. Braulik of Seeley Lake.
Braulik died in a head-on crash near mile marker 26 on Montana Highway 83, north of Seeley Lake.
(first report: 11:05 a.m. - March 12, 2025)
A 45-year-old Seeley Lake man died in a two-vehicle crash on Tuesday morning on Montana Highway 83.
The Montana Highway Patrol reports the crash happened shortly after 9:45 a.m. at mile marker 26 north of Seeley Lake.
MHP reports the victim was heading south, passed a vehicle and then collided head-on with a semi truck that was heading north on Highway 83.
The man, whose name was not released, was pronounced dead on the scene.
Speed is suspected to have played a role in the crash, according to the MHP report.
