Eureka man dies in crash in Yaak

A Eureka man died in a traffic crash Friday afternoon in northern Lincoln County.

According to Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Neil Durham, a 50-year-old man was driving a Chevy Silverado north on Yaak Valley-Libby Dam Road East, also known as Forest Development Road 92, at about 2:59 p.m. when it failed to negotiate a sharp, left turn.

The vehicle hit a guard rail, went over it and traveled down a steep, talus slope before striking a boulder and caught fire.

The man was not wearing a seat belt.

It was the 106th fatality on Montana roads in 2021.