UPDATE: 10 a.m. - February 18, 2025
Captain Shawn Silvan with the Montana Highway Patrol tells MTN that three people were killed in a Tuesday morning crash near Frenchtown.
Captain Silvan says an SUV traveling East on I-90 had lost control and slid off the highway at approximately 3 a.m.
MHP reports that after the crash, two vehicles stopped to offer assistance. While outside of the vehicles rendering aid, two males were struck and killed by a tractor-trailer that had lost control.
In addition to hitting the two men, the tractor-trailer struck the parked vehicles, killing one juvenile who was inside and causing severe injuries to another.
MHP says emergency personnel are still on the scene and the investigation is ongoing.
(first report: 8:25 a.m. - February 19, 2025)
The Montana Highway Patrol reports a fatal crash on I-90 near Frenchtown on Tuesday morning, Feb. 18, 2025.
MHP received the call about the crash at 3:42 a.m. in the eastbound lane at mile marker 89. Law enforcement arrived on the scene shortly after at 3:52 a.m.
Eastbound lanes of I-90 were closed for several hours, with one lane reopening before 8 a.m.
Details about the crash have not yet been released.
This article will be updated.
