Coroner: Driver likely died of a heart attack

Preliminary results of an autopsy show that a driver involved in a crash Sunday in Havre probably died as a result of a heart attack, the county deputy coroner said.

Havre native William R. Filler, 69, was pronounced dead at Northern Montana Hospital following the crash about 3 p.m. on Fifth Avenue near Sixth Street.

Deputy coroner Les Osborne said a witness told police that Filler slumped over in the car prior to the accident.

Filler was raised in Havre and graduated from Havre High School in 1953. He returned in 1978 to work as a loan officer for First National Bank, now U.S. Bank, his wife,...