Rocky Boy elder killed in crash

A prominent Rocky Boy tribal elder was killed in a two-vehicle collision west of Havre Tuesday.

Donald Meyers Sr., 75, died at Northern Montana Hospital after being taken by ambulance from the scene of the accident, according to the Montana Highway Patrol.

Meyers was fatally injured when he attempted to turn left from U.S. Highway 2 onto U.S. Highway 87 and was broad-sided by a pickup, the Highway Patrol said.

The driver of the truck was not injured.

Meyers held numerous positions at Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation during his life. He was a member of the Chippewa Cree Tribal Health Board, worke...