3 killed when car collides with semitruck on I90
Dec 26, 2025
MISSOULA - A fatal crash on Interstate 90 killed three people on Tuesday when their car spun into oncoming traffic and collided with a semi-truck.The crash happened Dec. 23 when a Hyundai Elantra carrying three people was travel
ing westbound on I-90 near Drummond in Powell County.The driver, a 40-year-old woman from Missoula, lost control of the vehicle, which spun through the median and into the path of an eastbound Volvo tractor-trailer.The Montana Highway Patrol report states the impact split the Elantra into three pieces. One section came to rest on the interstate and caught fire, while a second piece landed beyond the flames. The third piece remained trapped under the semi-trailer.The truck went off the right side of the road, crashed through a right-of-way fence, and came to a stop.All three occupants of the Elantra were pronounced dead at the scene.The victims were the 40-year-old woman from Missoula who was driving, a 31-year-old man from Marion, and a 9-year-old boy. The boy's town was not listed on the report.The driver of the truck, a 34-year-old man from Ogden, Utah, was not injured.The Montana Highway Patrol is investigating speed as a factor in the crash. The interstate was wet and icy at the time of the crash.
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