DIVIDE — A 49-year-old Dillon man died after a single-vehicle crash on Thursday, May 8, 2025.
The Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) reports the victim, who was driving a Ford F250, was headed southbound on Interstate 15 when his vehicle left the roadway to the left.
It then hit a culvert embankment, was airborne, and then him a bridge pillar.
The MHP reports that drugs or alcohol are not suspected as factors in the crash; however, speed may have been.
MHP's website reports 17 fatalities to date this year, compared to 12 deaths at this same time last year.
The incident remains under investigation.