Two injured in motorcycle crash
A wrecked motorcycle sits in the foreground as first responders begin to wrap up the scene of a motorcycle verses vehicle accident at the intersection of Lower Valley Road and Willow Glen Drive on Tuesday, May 30, in Kalispell. First responders from six agencies responded to the wreck including Montana Highway Patrol, Flathead County Sheriff’s Office, Kalispell Police, South Kalispell Volunteer Fire, Kalpsell Fire and Evergreen Fire and Rescue. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)
First responders from South Kalispell Volunteer Fire, Kalpsell Fire and Evergreen Fire and Rescue, work to help a victim of a motorcycle accident on Tuesday, May 30 at the intersection of Lower Valley Road and Willow Glen Drive. Two persons were injured and transported to the hospital.(Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)
Two people were injured in a motorcycle crash at the intersection of Willow Glen Drive and U.S. 93 in Kalispell on Tuesday afternoon.
According to Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Rick Mehring, the man and woman, both Kalispell residents, struck an oncoming passenger car on their motorcycle when the car failed to yield and turned left in front of them.
The couple was transported to Kalispell Regional Medical Center. The extent of their injuries was unknown.
The incident prompted the response of the Evergreen, Kalispell and South Kalispell fire departments, the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office, the Kalispell Police Department and Montana Highway Patrol.
Mehring said the driver of the passenger car has been charged with failure to yield.
Reporter Mary Cloud Taylor can be reached at 758-4459 or mtaylor@dailyinterlake.com.