MISSOULA — A 47-year-old man from Spokane, WA died in a crash on Montana Highway 135 in Sanders County on Wednesday, October 25, 2023.
The Montana Highway Patrol reports the crash happened at 1:20 a.m. near Quinn’s Hot Springs outside of Paradise.
According to the MHP, the one-vehicle happened when the victim — who was a passenger in the vehicle — grabbed the steering wheel, causing it to go off the right side of the road.
The vehicle began to slide and hit a large tree on the passenger’s side before flipping onto its side. The passenger was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver — a 20-year-old woman from Sedro Wooley, WA — was taken to Clark Fork Valley Hospital following the crash.
MHP states alcohol and drugs are believed to have been a factor in the crash which remains under investigation.
