A woman who died early Saturday on York Road was identified Tuesday by Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton as a 41-year-old East Helena resident.
Mary Peterson’s cause of death was listed as a motor vehicle accident with the manner as blunt-force trauma, Dutton said.
The sheriff said Peterson exited a vehicle she was traveling in due to an argument with the driver. Earlier reports state the incident occurred about 1 a.m.
“She began to walk in the middle of the road, at night. A vehicle traveling the opposite direction struck her,” the sheriff said.
Emergency responders transported her to St. Peter’s Emergency Room.
She was pronounced dead at 1:30 a.m., the sheriff said.
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Dutton said a toxicology report was not immediately available and the Montana Highway Patrol investigated the pedestrian vs. vehicle accident.
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