Northern freshman dies in crash

Havre Daily News/Daniel Horton, file photo

Cole Albus rides in the saddle bronc competition at the MSU-Northern Rodeo in Havre, Sept. 17. Albus died in a car crash Tuesday morning.

The Hi-Line and Montana State University-Northern lost a cowboy this week.

The Phillips County Coroner released the name of the only fatality of an accident early Tuesday morning, 19-year-old Hinsdale native Cole Albus.

Albus was driving a 2001 Ford F-350 north along Larb Creek Road, that runs toward Saco from the western tendrils of Fort Peck Reservoir. He and three occupants were not wearing seat belts...