Single vehicle crash near Ovando leaves one dead, one injured

A single vehicle rollover on Highway 200 around 5 a.m. Tuesday morning, May 7, claimed the life of the 19-year-old driver from Great Falls and left a 23-year-old from Cascade hospitalized.

According to the Montana Highway Patrol, the driver-identified as Uriel Tatsey originally of Browning, in a May 11 obituary - failed to negotiate a left-hand turn near the bridge at Monture Creek west of Ovando. An over correction sent the car off the roadway, and it rolled twice.

Neither men were wearing seatbelts and both were ejected from the vehicle. The unidentified passenger was flown to St. Patrick’s Hospital in Missoula for treatment, but Tatsey was pronounced dead at the scene.

Speed was a factor in the crash, and alcohol is also suspected to have played a role in the accident, which is under investigation.