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Victim of Vehicle Rollover on Going-to-the-Sun Road Identified

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News Release Date: August 1, 2024
Contact: Autumn Sifuentes, 406-888-7921

WEST GLACIER, Mont. [August 1, 2024] – The man who died in a vehicle rollover on Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park on July 29, 2024, has been identified as 34 -year-old Lucius Clay Parker of Ashford, Wash. Parker is from Mississippi but was currently a resident of Washington state and working as a seasonal employee at a private business in St. Mary, Mont. at the time of the accident.

Glacier National Park dispatch received a report of a single car roll-over accident on Going-to-the-Sun Road about 1.7 miles west of the St. Mary entrance to the park at about 11:48 pm on July 29, 2024. Rangers responded and were on the scene by 12:08 along with Glacier County Sheriff, Montana Highway Patrol, and Blackfeet Law Enforcement Services. Parker, the lone occupant, was ejected from the vehicle and suffered a traumatic head injury. Alert and Mercy helicopters were unable to fly due to weather. Babb ambulance transported the patient and met the Browning ambulance who transported the patient to Blackfeet Community Hospital. Parker was pronounced deceased at the hospital.

Montana Highway Patrol is assisting the park by overseeing the investigation to determine cause of accident.

Glacier National Park offers their sincerest condolences to Parker’s family and friends.

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