Jessie Hanson kneels next to the roadside cross memorial where her daughter Brooke was struck and killed by a drunk driver in Columbia Falls in May 2021. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
July 27, 2023
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Victims say Montana's lax DUI laws keep justice forever out of reach
Montana is above the national average for alcohol impaired driving deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The state has one of the highest fatality rates in the nation for drunk driving deaths. Around 66% of all fatalities on the road were the result of impaired driving in 2020, a number that has increased.