The recent cold snap's duration and bitterly cold daily high temps made it one of the most pernicious arctic blasts to grip the Treasure State.
A 15-year-old male, from Lolo, was driving north near Lolo at about 6:32 p.m. when he collided with an oncoming vehicle.
In Montana, where Native Americans comprise 6.7% of the population, Indigenous people die a generation younger than their white neighbors.