Box Elder woman dies in crash

Update: After a call from a family member that clarified the Highway Patrol's report, we changed the story, placing Parker behind Newton before the accident.

A 44-year-old Box Elder woman died Thursday morning in a collision on Lower Box Elder Road.

Mary Rose Lamere was riding in a southbound 2003 Dodge Stratus with driver 56-year-old William Newton and fellow passenger 35-year-old Frank Stiffarm.

They were ahead of Ryan James Parker, who was driving a 2006 Pontiac G6, around 2:45 a.m. today, when Parker rearended Newton's car.

According to the Montana Highway Patrol report, Newton's Stratus w...