Box Elder crash kills two

Staff and wire report

Two people are dead following a near head-on collision in southern Hill County.

Rylin Fay Aleen Burns, 23, of Rocky Boy and Leandra Thomas, 26, of Hays died in the motor vehicle crash.

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

The patrol said a Chevrolet Impala, traveling southbound, crossed the centerline and hit the oncoming Pontiac sedan in containing Burns and Thomas in the driver's side door.

Burns and Thomas were pronounced dead at the scene. The third occupant of the Pontiac suffered minor injuries.

The driver of the Chevrolet also suffered injuries.

No other information was available.