Driver killed in crash in Phillips County

The driver of a vehicle involved in a rollover crash in Phillips County Thursday died on the scene and two children who were passengers in the vehicle were transported to a hospital, the Montana Highway Patrol reports.

The name of the fatality has not been released pending notification of relatives.

The Highway Patrol reports the call about the crash came in at 1:48 p.m. Thursday.

The investigating trooper found that the vehicle was westbound on U.S. Highway 2 when at Mile Marker 500 it drifted off the north side of the road. The driver overcorrected, re-entering the road, and then overc...