Name of Friday crash fatality in Bear Paws released

The name of the Friday victim of a utility terrain vehicle crash was released Monday by the coroner.

Hill County Sheriff Jamie Ross said that Jon Molitor of Havre, 46, died from injuries sustained when his side-by-side flipped on a hillside east of Bear Paw Lake in Beaver Creek Park. The crash was reported Friday 7 p.m. and Ross said sheriff’s deputies, Havre Fire Department emergency medical technicians and Fish, Wildlife and Parks personnel all responded.

First responders rendered medical aid, he said, but Molitor was declared dead at the scene.

Ross did not know if anyone was in the vehicle with Molitor at the time of the crash, but family was present at the scene.