Crash kills woman on Rocky Boy's reservation

Saturday morning a law enforcement officer discovered a wreck on Duck Creek Road in Chouteau County, and the driver was declared dead at the scene.

The Montana Highway Patrol report did not name the law enforcement officer’s department, but the crash occurred on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, and Rocky Boy Police had not released the woman’s name by print deadline this morning.

MHP got the report of a crash at 8:23 a.m.

Evidence at the scene showed that a woman from Box Elder driving an SUV eastbound on Duck Creek Road failed to make the turn on a righthand curve, the report said. The vehicle vaulted into the air then struck the ground nose first, causing the SUV to roll end over end.

The driver, who was wearing a seatbelt, was the only occupant in the SUV, the report said. The road was bare and dry at the time of the accident, and speed is suspected to be the cause of the crash.