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Two-vehicle accident on I-80 results in fatality

Lack of seat belt use partially to blame for death of Montana woman

One person is dead following a two-vehicle accident on Interstate 80 five miles west of Pine Bluffs on Wednesday, December 14.

The accident occurred at approximately 1:25 p.m. when a 2016 Freightliner driven by Jaysen Thompson, 45, of Rigby, Idaho, rear-ended a 1993 Chevrolet Blazer driven by 24-year-old Columbus, Ohio resident Bryan Silverthorn.

One of Silverthorn's passengers, Kacie Ketchum, 24, of Helena, Montana, was not wearing her seat belt and suffering fatal injuries at the scene of the crash.

Another passenger in the Chevrolet Blazer, Kayla Lemmings, 24, of Billings, Montana, was...

 

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