Missoula County Officials Seek Witnesses To Fatal Arlee Crash

The Missoula County coroner has identified the 21-year-old woman who died in Sunday’s multi-vehicle crash on Evaro Hill as Joscelyn Lea Cook of Plains.
Cook was a passenger in a Ford Ranger pickup truck, which was the second vehicle struck by a Toyota pickup truck driven by a 21-year-old Arlee man.
In total, six people and three pickup trucks were involved in the crash when the Toyota drifted across the center line of U.S. Highway 93 at mile marker 5 and struck a Dodge pickup truck with three passengers in the southbound lane and the Ford Ranger, which carried two passengers, including Cook, said Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Philip Smart.
The driver of the Toyota, who initiated the crash, remains hospitalized. The other victims of the crash have been treated and released from St. Patrick Hospital.
No charges have been filed, as the crash is still under investigation.
Neither alcohol nor road conditions are believed to be factors in the collision.
The Montana Highway Patrol would like to hear from anyone who witnessed the crash or saw the Toyota pickup just before the collision happened.

The investigators need to forensically evaluate the cell phone of the driver of the Toyota truck.  The proof will be there if there was texting in progress.