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The caller says he got stuck on the side of the road with a flat tire, and due to his disability- needed to call for help. He was going to have a long wait, and a big bill. That is, until Trooper Wyatt Duncan showed up to check in on him.

A trial date has been set for a Montana man charged with fatally shooting two people and wounding two others, including a Montana Highway Patrol trooper.

About 30 bison escaped a western Montana ranch and ended up on the highway near Stevensville, where two were struck and killed by a pickup truck.

Bones, a shotgun, and items of clothing were recovered by law enforcement officials.

The Montana Department of Justice issued the following statement on Wednesday.

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.

According to the Montana Department of Transportation, the month of June was the deadliest on Montana roadways in 10 years.

MHP Col. Tom Butler: "Nearly every aspect of the state budget has been touched by the drug issue that we have in the state."

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.