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One dead after single-vehicle rollover west of Billings airport

Posted at 11:27 PM, Dec 07, 2018
and last updated 2019-07-17 14:50:49-04

BILLINGS- One man is dead after a single-vehicle crash occured north of Billings Friday night.

It happened just before 11:00 p.m. west of the airport at the intersection of Highway 3 and Apache Trail.

Montana Highway Patrol Trooper David Hankins told Q2 the white pickup truck was headed North on Highway 3 when the driver swerved off the road on the right-hand side.

Hankins said the vehicle traveled several hundred feet before it over corrected, rolled several times, and eventually came to rest upright.

The male was unconscious when authorities arrived on scene and was transported with critical injuries.

Alcohol is a suspected factor in this crash.

The driver was not wearing a seat belt.

This is a developing story.