LAUREL - The Montana Highway Patrol reports a 56-year-old Laurel man was killed and three others were injured in a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 90 west of Laurel late Sunday afternoon.
The patrol said in a report issued late Monday morning the crash involving a semi-tractor trailer and two passenger vehicles happened at 4:01 p.m. in the eastbound lanes of I-90 at mile marker 432.
According to the report, a Freightliner Cascadia driven by a 39-year-old man from Buckley, Wash., was headed westbound on the highway when the driver "lost control and entered the median for an unknown reason." The semi then "came out of the median into the eastbound lane" where it struck a Volkswagen Rabbit and Chevrolet Suburban.
The driver of the Rabbitt, a 19-year-old woman from Billings, was injured in the collision. A 20-year-old female passenger, also from Billings, was not injured. Both were wearing seat belts, the patrol report states.
The Suburban was driven by the Laurel man who was killed. He was identified Monday afternoon by the Yellowstone County Coroner's Office as Kevin Wilkerson.
A 16-year-old female passenger in the Suburban was injured, while a 45-year-old woman and an 18-year-old man were not injured, according to the patrol. All of the occupants were from Laurel, and all three passengers were wearing seat belts, the patrol report indicates. The report does not state whether Wilkerson was wearing a seat belt.
The driver of the semi was also injured. He was wearing a seat belt.
The patrol did not provide the extent of any of the injuries.
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