Two Crash Fatalities in Billings

A Billings man is dead and another was taken to a local hospital following a two-car crash at the corner of Fallow Lane and King Avenue West on Thursday afternoon. KTVQ.com reports that one driver was attempting to turn onto King Avenue West when he was struck on the driver’s side by the other vehicle. The driver attempting the turn died at the scene and has not been identified. The other man suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

And; 21-year-old Catarina Packard, died Tuesday night from blunt force injuries suffered in a early Monday morning crash downtown, according to Yellowstone County Deputy Coroner Cliff Mahoney. She was driving east in the 2900 block of Montana Avenue at high speed, struck a concrete planter on the left side, then hit a parked car. According to Billings police, alcohol may have been a factor.