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Falling tree strikes, kills Libby man on ATV

Daily Inter Lake | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 6 years, 2 months AGO
by Daily Inter Lake
| September 2, 2019 10:03 PM

A 71-year-old Libby man is dead after he was struck by a falling tree while he was riding an all-terrain vehicle.

Montana Highway Patrol was dispatched to Quartz Mountain Road in Libby at 3:31 p.m. Sunday.

According to Montana Highway Patrol, the man was traveling northbound on Quartz Mountain Road. Someone was cutting down a tree and a flagger reportedly tried to notify the man about the falling tree.

The tree hit the man’s head and he was pronounced dead at the scene. He was not wearing a helmet according to Montana Highway Patrol.

The man’s name has not been released.

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