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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a woman who was killed when the SUV she was riding in crashed on Interstate 90 near Columbus in south-central Montana.
Stillwater County Sheriff and Coroner Cliff Brophy identified the woman Tuesday as 53-year-old Kathleen Striffler, of Rexburg, Idaho.
According to the Montana Highway Patrol, a 68-year-old man from Rexburg fell asleep at the wheel early Monday morning. He overcorrected, causing the SUV to roll several times.
Striffler and a 23-year-old man were not wearing their seat belts and were thrown from the SUV as it rolled. Striffler died at the scene.
The young man was flown to a hospital in Billings with serious injuries while the driver, who was wearing a seat belt, was treated at the clinic in Columbus.
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