One person dies in Swan Highway crash

One person died in a car crash Saturday morning on Montana 83, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s office. 

The single-vehicle accident happened around 10 a.m. near the Salmon Prairie access site. 

Two people were in the vehicle when the accident occurred. The man who was driving the car was not wearing his seatbelt and was ejected from the vehicle. He died from his injuries. 

The women who was in the passenger seat had her seatbelt on and suffered minor, non-life-threatening injuries, according to a press release. 

The names of the people involved in the accident have not yet been released.