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Flathead County Sheriff's Office

| February 24, 2006 1:00 AM

Flathead County Sheriff's Office dispatched emergency services to three crashes Thursday evening, plus other accidents reported when weather turned suddenly foul. Several people were injured, although none were critically hurt, according to reports. The first was a head-on crash at about 8:30 p.m. on U.S. 2 in front of Patty Seaman Homes. Responders came from Columbia Falls, Evergreen, and Kalispell to the crash. Two people went to the hospital. A half hour later, another crash happened on the same stretch of highway, also injuring two people. Within the hour, a third crash, also head-on, happened on Big Mountain. At least one person went to the hospital.

Friday morning, Creston and Kalispell fire departments were needed at a vehicle rollover on Lake Blaine Road. Extrication equipment was needed and one person went to the hospital.

At about 2 a.m. a Conrad Drive resident opened her door to a man who said he drove his vehicle into a ditch and wanted to use her phone. When she said she was calling authorities, he left. He was found walking and was charged with DUI.

There were numerous reports of bad drivers.

A neighbor dispute on Ridgewood Drive was over a dog.

An 11-year-old boy on Nicholson Drive reportedly became unruly and put a knot on his little brother's head because he didn't get what he wanted for dinner.

On Lupfer Avenue, a woman said her two ill children wouldn't stop crying and the neighbors were threatening her about the noise.

Last week, someone tried to take gas from a snowmobile on Coram Stage Road. Friday, they tried to take the snowmobile.

Gas was siphoned and a satellite radio was stolen from a vehicle on Rogers Road.