Driver dies in Hungry Horse crash
Sam Wilson | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 8 years, 7 months AGO
A Hungry Horse driver died Saturday of blunt force trauma after striking another vehicle from behind shortly after midnight on U.S. 2 in Hungry Horse.
According to a Montana Highway Patrol report, Denver Ray Heffington, 31, was traveling west at high speed and failed to react to a truck slowing down to turn right near mile marker 143.
Alcohol is believed to have been involved in the accident, and a Monday press release from the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office noted that Heffington was wearing a seat belt.
Heffington was transported to Kalispell Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
The other driver, a 52-year-old man, was injured in the accident, but refused medical attention.
Neither vehicle was carrying any passengers.
Reporter Sam Wilson can be reached at 758-4407 or by email at swilson@dailyinterlake.com.
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