Name of New Year's Eve crash fatality released

The name of a 77-year old Havre woman who died after a fatal crash that occurred around 9 a.m. New Year’s Eve in the Havre area has been released.

Joy Hokanson died after being taken to the hospital after her vehicle crashed after leaving the road on U.S. Highway 2 West.

Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Conor Doyle said Tuesday that Hokanson was traveling eastbound when she suffered a medical event and drove off the road in her 2018 Chevy Silverado.

He said she left the road near mile marker 379 and crashed into private property before being transported to the hospital where she died shortly after.

A media release from Highway Patrol said speed was a factor in the crash and she was not wearing a seatbelt.