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I-90 FATAL 1 dead, 2 injured after crash near Three Forks BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) The Montana Highway Patrol says a collision between a pickup truck and a semitrailer near Three Forks killed a 19-year-old University of Montana student from Helena and injured two others.

Sgt. Pat McCarthy says the pickup slid across the interstate median Sunday afternoon and collided with a semi headed in the opposite direction.

The victim was identified as Joseph Michael McKeon. Authorities say he was driving the pickup back to Missoula after attending the Bobcat-Grizzly Football game in Bozeman.

An 18-year-old woman who was riding in the truck was taken to a hospital, as was the 57-year-old man who was driving the semi.

Their names have not been released.

Authorities say speed and winter road conditions played a role in the crash, and alcohol was not a factor.

Information from: Independent Record, http://www.helenair.com KBZK-TV, http://www.montanasnewsstation.com TRAIN HITS VAN Man hospitalized after Amtrak train hits his van GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) Authorities say a 22-year-old man whose van was struck by an Amtrak train between Cut Bank and Browning had been drinking before the accident.

Montana Highway Patrol Trooper James Humiston says the man was taken to a Browning hospital after the Friday evening crash and was later airlifted to a hospital in Kalispell.

The trooper says he has spoken to the victim's mother and the man seems to be doing fine.

Authorities say the van was parked too close to the tracks near a crossing on private land off of U.S. Highway 2. The train was traveling about 55 mph when the conductor applied the emergency brake.

Humiston says the Browning man's alcohol level was well above the legal limit for driving, and he could receive up to five citations.

His name has not been released.

Information from: Great Falls Tribune, http://www.greatfallstribune.com HELENA SHOOTING-GUN Man who provided gun to Helena shooter sentenced HELENA, Mont. (AP) A Helena man who supplied the handgun that a 17-year-old used to kill one teen and injure two others has been sentenced to three months in federal prison.

Twenty-one-year-old Jared T. Cox was sentenced Monday by U.S.

Magistrate Keith Strong, who also placed Cox on one year of supervised release and fined him $500.

Cox was released Monday and ordered to report to the Bureau of Prisons when called.

Cox pleaded guilty in October to transferring a handgun to a juvenile, in this case, Sebastian Olivares-Coster. He said Olivares-Coster gave him money to purchase the gun in May, saying it was for "home protection." Last week, Olivares-Coster pleaded guilty to deliberate homicide in the June death of 16-year-old Cory Andrewski and to two counts of attempted deliberate homicide for shooting and severely injuring 16-year-old Joey Wohlers and 15-year-old Kahner Leary.

Information from: Independent Record, http://www.helenair.com INMATE DEATH Former high school hoops star dies after jail stay (Stations: Moving on general news and sports services.) GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) Authorities say a former Basketball standout at Hays-Lodgepole High School has died after a medical emergency at the Hill County jail, where he was being held.

A.J. LongSoldier was in custody Sunday when a detention officer requested medical assistance just before 10:30 p.m.

Hill County Sheriff Don Brostrom says the 18-year-old LongSoldier was taken to a Havre hospital, where he died Monday morning.

The cause of death has not been released.

LongSoldier was a sophomore in 2007 when he led his team to the State C basketball title. He was booked into the jail Thursday morning on a Blaine County warrant for contempt of court.

Blaine County houses all of its adult inmates in Hill County.

Information from: Great Falls Tribune, http://www.greatfallstribune.com HUNTING WOLVES Montana man cited for illegal wolf kill near Lincoln BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) A Montana man has been cited for illegally taking a gray wolf after he shot one of the animals two days after the hunting season for the predators was shut down.

State officials say the man, whose name was not immediately available, killed the animal near Lewis and Clark Pass east of Lincoln on Oct. 18.

Game warden captain Mike Martin says the man had started hunting three days earlier and apparently did not know he'd done anything illegal until he called into the state's wolf hotline to report his kill. He then turned himself in.

Martin says the man should have gone to greater lengths to track the wolf season since the state had been nearing the season's quota on the animals.

The citation carries a $135 fine and potential restitution charges of up to $1,000.

PRESCRIPTION DRUG BUST Dozens of arrest warrants in NE Mont. drug case WOLF POINT, Mont. (AP) Authorities in northeast Montana have issued several dozen arrest warrants for illegal prescription drug dealing.

Police made arrests and conducted raids Monday in Poplar, Brockton, and Frazer.

Roosevelt County Undersheriff Ron Kemp says the investigation into illegal sale of prescription drugs has been going on for years but more intensely since April.

Kemp says authorities are seeing more illegal prescription drug sales since about 2005 because of the clamp down on methamphetamine.

Information from: KUMV-TV, http://kftv.com CRASH LANDING Small plane crash lands in Billings; no injuries BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) A small plane used by a college for flight training crash landed at Billings Logan International Airport, but its two passengers escaped injury.

Airport operations supervisor Shane Ketterling says the single-engine plane's landing gear collapsed shortly after landing about 11:15 a.m. Monday.

Ketterling said the Beechcraft Bonanza is used by Rocky Mountain College for flight training.

He described the two men on the plane as being a flight instructor and an examiner.

An ambulance was initially called to the scene but was canceled when neither men appeared to be injured.

The airport was not closed and no flights were delayed.

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