Victims of fatal wrong-way Russell Street Bridge crash IDâd
MTN News file
By: MTN News
and last updated 2021-04-14 12:57:33-04
MISSOULA â Authorities have released the names of the two men who died in a wrong-way crash on the Russell Street Bridge in Missoula.
Missoula County Sheriff TJ McDermott says that 53-year-old Scott Orr and 38-year-old Paul Dennis â both of Missoula â died in the Saturday night accident.
âOur heartfelt condolences goes out to the families and friends during this difficult time,â Sheriff McDermott stated.
The victims were in a vehicle that was going the wrong way on the bridge with no headlights at a highway speed.
Sheriff identifies the two people who died in a wrong-way crash
MTN
and last updated 2021-04-14 13:25:37-04
MISSOULA â The two men who died in a wrong-way crash on the Russell Street Bridge in Missoula have been identified as Scott Orr and Paul Dennis.
Orr, 53 years old, and Dennis, 38, were both from Missoula, according to Missoula County Sheriff TJ McDermott.
âOur heartfelt condolences goes out to the families and friends during this difficult time,â said Sheriff McDermott.
The two men were in a vehicle that was going the wrong way on the bridge with no headlights at a highway speed on Saturday evening.
2 people died in a wrong-way crash in Missoula
Two people were killed in a late Saturday night wrong-way crash on the Russell Street Bridge in Missoula.
By: Geneva Zoltek - MTN
and last updated 2021-04-12 11:32:02-04
MISSOULA â Two people died and another person was injured in a two-vehicle crash in Missoula on Saturday.
The Missoula Police Department responded to the crash on the Russell Street Bridge at around 11:15 p.m.
MPD shift commander Sgt. Mike Hebert said that one vehicle was going the wrong way on the bridge with no headlights at highway speed. The vehicle struck another vehicle that was going the correct way on the bridge.
By - Associated Press - Monday, April 12, 2021
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) - A car speeding in the wrong lane with its headlights off collided with another car on a bridge over the Clark Fork River in Missoula, killing the two men in the speeding car, police Sgt. Mike Hebert said.
The crash happened at 11:15 p.m. Saturday, closing the Russell Street Bridge for about five hours, ABC Fox Montana reported.
The men died at the scene. Their names have not been released.
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