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Wyoming man dies when motorcycle hits car in southeastern Montana

BILLINGS, Montana — A Sheridan, Wyoming, man died and two other Sheridan residents were injured when a motorcycle collided with a car in southeastern Montana.

The Montana Highway Patrol says the 66-year-old man was westbound on Secondary Highway 316 Friday afternoon when he crossed into the oncoming lane at a curve near Kirby, which is north of Sheridan.

The driver of an eastbound car tried to swerve to miss the man's motorcycle, but the two vehicles collided.

The Billings Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/161I7GW ) the man was thrown from the motorcycle and died at the scene. His name hasn't been released.

A 66-year-old woman who was driving the car and her 43-year-old female passenger were injured.

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