South African killed in truck crash near Harlem

A single-vehicle collision near Harlem claimed the life of a South African man early Friday, the Montana Highway Patrol said today.

Fransua R. Willers, 24, was killed after the 2001 Chevrolet pickup he was driving rolled along State Highway 241, Highway Patrol officer Jeff Martin said today. The accident occurred about 2:30 a.m. Friday about 3 miles north of Harlem.

The pickup's speed was estimated at more than 100 mph, Martin said.

Willers had been in the area working for a custom cutter, he added.

Willers was driving north when his truck drifted off the right side of the highway, struck an a...