Highway Patrol releases 2019 year end report

The recently released 2019 Montana Highway Patrol Annual Report listed a total of 184 fatalities, up two from 2018.

Colonel Tom Butler said despite the number remaining virtually the same, it still means 184 people did not make it home to their families, and it is still 184 people more than the number they would like to see – zero.

"So, while it's important to examine the data trends in the context of previous year's data, we should also remind ourselves that we still have work to do in driving down the number of fatal crashes and DUI's in Montana," he said.

In District 7 (Bozeman) that includ...