Fiery wreck on Highway 2 and Walsh Road sends eight to hospital Sunday
CHRIS PETERSON | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 2 years, 6 months AGO
The remains of a Subaru car that was involved in a T-bone collision on Highway 2 and Walsh Road Sunday afternoon. No one died in the crash, but eight people were hospitalized. (Photo provided)
Chris Peterson is the editor of the Hungry Horse News. He covers Columbia Falls, the Canyon, Glacier National Park and the Bob Marshall Wilderness. All told, about 4 million acres of the best parts of the planet. He can be reached at editor@hungryhorsenews.com or 406-892-2151. | July 18, 2022 10:20 AM
A fiery wreck on Highway 2 East and Walsh Road sent eight people to the hospital Sunday afternoon.
According to reports from the Columbia Falls Fire Department and Montana Highway Patrol, a Toyota Highlander pulled out of Walsh Road and didn’t see a northbound Subaru on Highway 2 and there was a T-bone collision.
The Subaru caught on fire when it rolled into the ditch and Flathead County Sheriff deputies were able to pull two occupants from the Subaru as it caught on fire.
They used fire extinguishers to subdue the flames briefly while they got the people out, but Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Eric Thoreson said the vehicle eventually caught completely on fire.
No one died in the crash.
There were three people in the Subaru and five in the Toyota. Both vehicles were local people. The more seriously injured were transported to Logan Health in Kalispell and less serious to Logan Health in Whitefish.
Alcohol and drugs were not factors in the crash, Thoreson said.
Columbia Falls fire chief Karl Weeks said the fire department, the Columbia Falls Police Department, Three Rivers Ambulance as well as ambulances from Evergreen, Kalispell and Whitefish all responded to the wreck.
They cleared the scene of the wreck at 4:26 p.m.
This story has been corrected to properly reflect which vehicle pulled out onto Highway 2.
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