Montana Highway Patrol reported a fatal crash near Deer Lodge Thursday evening, August 10 on I-90 East at mile marker 188.
A 53-year-old man from Billings was reportedly driving along a right-hand curve when he drifted to the left into the median. The MHP crash report says the man continued driving eastbound in the median for quite a distance before colliding with a pillar underneath the bridge deck.
The man was ejected from the vehicle before the vehicle caught fire.
Speed, alcohol, and drug are suspected, according to the report.
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