Columbia Falls woman and son killed in crash

A pregnant 35-year-old Columbia Falls woman and her 13-year-old son were killed instantly in a two-vehicle head-on crash at 8:30 p.m. Thursday (March 19) on the Highway 93 overpass near Church Drive north of Kalispell. The 16-year-old female driver of the second vehicle was taken to Kalispell Regional Medical Center and later flown to Harbor View Medical Center in Seattle for treatment of injuries. According to Deputy Coroner Sgt. Ernie Freebury of the Flathead County Sheriff's Department, the West Valley Fire Department was required to extricate the woman and her son from their vehicle.

Investigation of the cause of the crash has been turned over to the Flathead County Detective Division and the Montana Highway Patrol.

Names of the three persons involved in the incident will not be released until notification of the next of kin and continuation of the investigation.