Young Havre man killed in Glacier County car crash

An 18-year-old Havre man was killed Thursday in a one-car crash in Glacier County.

At the time of this story being published, Havre Weekly Chronicle was waiting to hear from the Glacier County coroner if the name of the Havre man had been released.

The Havre man was a passenger in the Cadillac Escalade that crashed.

The incident report said information about the driver was unknown at the time of the report being filed. Highway Patrol said this morning that no information about the driver was ready for release.

The report lists the crash as occurring 6:17 a.m. on U.S. Highway 89 with Browning the nearest city.

The Escalade was northbound on Highway 89 when it began negotiating a left-hand curve, the report said. It made a sharp turn to the left and exited the highway.

While turning counter-clockwise, the Escalade slid down an embankment and crashed into a creek where it came to rest.

While the vehicle was sliding down the embankment, the passenger was tossed from the vehicle, hitting the ground and sustaining fatal injuries, the report said.

Speed and alcohol are suspected to be factors in the crash, the report said.

The investigation is pending and driver information is currently unknown, the report concluded.

Watch for more here and in Thursday’s edition of Havre Weekly Chronicle.