The Montana Highway Patrol and all other law enforcement agencies across the state are being extra vigilant over the long 4th of July weekend, looking for those who may be driving drunk, impaired or otherwise distracted.
Just before releasing critically wounded Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Wade Palmer for his return trip to Missoula on Wednesday, there was a brief press conference that was live streamed on Facebook.
Trooper Palmer will be flown to Missoula and is anticipated to arrive at Northstar Jet at approximately 1:30pm. After he arrives in Montana, a motorcade will escort him to his home.
For the first time, Lindsey Palmer, the wife of critically wounded Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Wade Palmer has released a statement from the University Of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City.
I-90 westbound between Airport exit and Belgrade exit is closed while Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office and Montana Highway Patrol investigate a serious-injury crash.