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Glacier National Park crash victim identified

TAYLOR INMAN | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 year, 4 months AGO
by TAYLOR INMAN
Taylor Inman covers Bigfork and the north shore for the Bigfork Eagle and hosts News Now and other podcasts for the Daily Inter Lake.  Originally from Kentucky, Taylor started her career at the award-winning public radio newsroom at Murray State University. She worked as a general assignment reporter for WKMS, where her stories aired on National Public Radio, including the show “All Things Considered.” She can be reached at 406-758-4440 or at [email protected]. | August 1, 2024 3:25 PM

The man who died in a vehicle rollover on Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park on July 29 has been identified as 34 -year-old Lucius Clay Parker of Ashford, Washington.

Park officials said Parker was from Mississippi but had recently been a resident of Washington state. He was working as a seasonal employee at a private business in St. Mary at the time of the accident. 

Glacier National Park dispatch received a report of a single car roll-over accident on Going-to-the-Sun Road about 1.7 miles west of the St. Mary entrance at about 11:48 p.m. on July 29. 

Rangers responded and were on the scene by 12:08 a.m., along with Glacier County Sheriff, Montana Highway Patrol and Blackfeet Law Enforcement Services.  

Parker, the vehicle's lone occupant, was ejected from it and suffered a traumatic head injury, authorities said. ALERT and Mercy helicopters were unable to fly due to the weather.  

Babb ambulance transported Parker to meet a Browning ambulance, who took him to Blackfeet Community Hospital. Parker was pronounced deceased at the hospital. 

Montana Highway Patrol is assisting the park by overseeing the investigation to determine the cause of the accident. Highway Patrol said in a release on July 30 that Parker was not wearing a seatbelt. Alcohol and speed are suspected factors in the fatal wreck.   

Authorities described road conditions as dry when the crash occurred.

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