Troy man seriously injured in rollover near Yaak Hill
Megan Strickland | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 8 years, 9 months AGO
<p>MHP Trooper Bryce Ford at the scene of a single vehicle accident involving a blue and black 2002 4-door Dodge pickup at Highway 2 and Yaak Hill April 18, 2016.</p>
<p>Single vehicle accident involving a blue and black 2002 4-door Dodge pickup at Highway 2 and Yaak Hill April 18, 2016.</p>
<p>MHP Trooper Bryce Ford at the scene of a single vehicle accident involving a blue and black 2002 4-door Dodge pickup at Highway 2 and Yaak Hill April 18, 2016.</p>
A Troy man was seriously injured in a one-vehicle rollover accident near Yaak Hill Monday afternoon.
According to Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Bryce Ford Leejay Leighty, 39, was airlifted to a hospital in Coeur d’Alene for treatment. Leighty was traveling westbound on U.S. 2 in a flatbed, four-door 2002 Dodge pickup truck.
“He went around another vehicle, and lost control,” Ford said. “He rolled into the trees there.”
The cause of the accident is under investigation.
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