Carbon County Man Dies in Single Vehicle Accident in Stillwater County

By Denise Rivette

On Sunday, June 23, at 12:12 p.m. near Absarokee on Highway 78, a 53 year old Red Lodge man was having problems keeping his vehicle in his lane while driving a Ford Excursion pulling a camper-trailer on Highway 78. Near mile marker 34 the vehicle went off the right side of the road then re-entered the roadway crossing the center line and crashed into the guardrail on the left side of the road before coming to a rest. A 71 year old Carbon County man died at the scene. The driver and two other occupants of the car, a 52 year old man from Laurel and 75 year old man from Absarokee were uninjured. Alcohol is a suspected contributing factor in this accident. None of the occupants of the vehicle were wearing seat belts.

This afternoon, Stillwater County Sheriff Charles Kem identified the decedent as Timothy Halland.