UPDATE, Dec. 11, 2024 — The Butte-Silver Bow Coroner has identified 38-year-old Vernon Watters of Butte as the man who died in a rollover crash on Old US Hwy 1 on Tuesday.
No further details about the crash were released in the update. We will continue to update you if we get more information.
(First report)
BUTTE — A motorist was killed Tuesday in a single-vehicle crash just west of Butte near Old US Hwy 1 and Centennial Ave, according to the Montana Highway Patrol (MHP).
MHP confirmed troopers were dispatched and found an unidentified male dead at the scene of the rollover crash shortly after 2 p.m. on Tuesday.
According to MHP's fatality crash report, the 38-year-old Butte man was driving a Ford Taurus westbound on Old US Hwy 1 at a high rate of speed when he lost control and went off the right side of the roadway. The report said the vehicle went over a culvert, hit a rock, and began to roll.
The car was found on its roof off the dirt road that runs between Butte and the town of Rocker, just past South Excelsior Avenue.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene. The report said road conditions were wet and snow covered, and alcohol, drugs, and speed are all suspected as factors in the crash.
The man who died in the crash has not been identified at this time.
We will update you if we get more information.
