(UPDATE, 3:30 pm) According to the Montana Department of Justice, two pickup trucks collided after one driver lost control on icy roads.
Chase Scheuer, press secretary for Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, said in an email to MTN News that the driver who lost control was southbound on Highway 191 in a GMC pickup.
The truck slid sideways into the northbound lane where it was struck by a Dodge pickup.
According to Scheuer, the GMC came to rest in a field and then caught fire.
The driver and one of the passengers died at the scene; their names have not been released at this point.
Another passenger from the GMC truck and the driver of the Dodge pickup were taken to a hospital; there is no word on the nature or severity of their injuries.
We will update you if we get more information.
(1st REPORT) Two people died in an early-morning crash in Gallatin County on Tuesday, April 1, 2025.
The crash was reported to the Montana Highway Patrol at about 6:25 a.m.
Gallatin County Sheriff Dan Springer confirmed the two deaths.
The crash involved at least two vehicles and happened on Highway 191 North at the intersection of Cobb Hill Road.
No other details have been released at this point.
We will update you when we get more information.
