UPDATE: 10:51 a.m. - December 8, 2025
MISSOULA — The Montana Highway Patrol has issued a correction in regard to a fatal crash that happened on November 29 on Highway 200 near Ovando.
MHP reports that a pickup truck driven by an 18-year-old man from Oregon was headed west near mile marker 52 when the driver lost control, crossed into the other lane and hit another vehicle head-on.
A 66-year-old man from Ovando died in the collision.
ORIGINAL REPORT: December 1, 2025
MISSOULA — One person died and two people were injured in a Saturday afternoon crash near Ovando.
The Montana Highway Patrol reports the incident happened on Montana Highway 200 near mile marker 52 shortly after 12:45 p.m.
The male victim from Ovando, whose age has not been released, was heading eastbound on Highway 200 when road conditions caused his vehicle to lose traction.
The Jeep Wagoneer then crossed into the westbound lane of the road and crashed head-on into a pickup truck being driven by an 18-year-old male from Oregon.
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. The two people in the pickup truck were injured in the crash and taken to a Helena hospital.
Speed is suspected to have been a factor in the fatal crash, which remains under investigation.
