Superior Woman Dies, Child Survives After Crash Near Glendive
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana Highway Patrol authorities say a 22-year-old Superior woman died in a crash near Glendive, but a 5-month old infant survived.
Patrol officials say the rollover accident happened Saturday on Interstate 94. The Billings Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/1FXKFFZ ) the woman overcorrected after driving off the road, and her car rolled into the median and across the eastbound lanes.
The woman was not wearing a seat belt and was thrown from the car.
Trooper Aariad Ream says Wibaux County Sheriff Shane Harrington removed the infant from the vehicle. The child was uninjured.
The woman, who was not named, was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Authorities say speed was a factor in the crash.