2 dead in Box Elder accident

BOX ELDER (AP) — Two people are dead following a near head-on collision in southern Hill County.

The wreck was reported to the Montana Highway Patrol at 4:30 a.m. Saturday near Box Elder.

The patrol tells the Great Falls Tribune (http://gftrib.com/1KrQDhh ) that a Chevrolet Impala, traveling southbound, crossed the center line and hit an oncoming Pontiac sedan in the driver's side door.

Two of the three occupants of the Pontiac, a 26-year-old and a 23-year-old, both from Box Elder, were pronounced dead at the scene. The third suffered minor injuries.

The driver of the Chevrolet also suffered injuries.

No other information was immediately available.