Havre man killed in car crash in Chouteau County

UPDATE Dec. 11, 2024: Chouteau County Coroner has released the name of the man who died in a crash in Chouteau County Dec. 2. Jerry Dean Frahm of Havre, 85, was killed in the crash.

Posted Dec. 6, 2024:

Montana Highway Patrol reports an 85-year-old Havre man was killed in a single-vehicle car crash in Chouteau County Dec. 2.

The Chouteau County Sheriff’s Office said this morning the name of the fatality has not yet been released.

The Highway Patrol report said the man, who was driving the Chevrolet Tahoe that crashed, was driving northbound on U.S. Highway 47 near Mile Marker 47 when he “suffered a medical event that incapacitated him.”

The vehicle went off the highway roadside right, and crashed into a tree, the report said.

The driver, who was not wearing a seat belt, was pronounced dead on the scene.

A 65-year-old woman who was a passenger was hospitalized.

The passenger was wearing a seat belt.