Crash victim identified
Vernon Thomen, of Troy
by Duane Williams, KLCB-KTNY Radio
March 3, 2014
The Montana Highway Patrol has released the name of the victim of a December vehicle accident. The accident was discovered at 2:445pm Thursday, February 27th on Highway 56, the Bull Lake Road.
Montana DOT workers discovered a crashed car and reported the incident to Troy Dispatch. The sole occupant of the crashed vehicle was the registered owner, Vernon Thomen, age 76. He had received fatal injuries from a collision with a large tree after his vehicle went off the roadway. He was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the collision.
Thomen, of Troy, had left his home on Bull Lake Road December 16th and had not been seen since. He was reported missing December 19, 2013 to Lincoln County Sheriff Department but was not found until February 27, 2014.
It was reported that he had a sister in Flathead County and that he might have gone there. Information later came in that Thomen might be in the Tri-Cities area.
A state highway worker reported he had found a vehicle off the road on Hwy 56 around mile marker 26, and an adult male inside was unresponsive. Bull Lake Volunteer Ambulance and Advanced Life Support personnel responded, along with officers from Montana Highway Patrol and Lincoln County Sheriff's Office. Thomen was pronounced dead on scene.
The vehicle was about 60 feet off the edge of the highway, buried in trees and barely noticeable. DOT workers discovered the crash while moving slowly, filling potholes.
_________________________________________
By Duane Williams, KLCB-KTNY Radio, e-mail: klcb@frontiernet.net, www.klcb-ktny.com.
|
