GREAT FALLS – A 21-year-old man was killed in a two-vehicle collision in Flathead County on Friday, November 8, 2024.

It occurred along US Highway 93 at mile marker 18, between Whitefish and Kalispell.

The Montana Highway Patrol says the Kalispell teen was heading north on a Kawasaki motorcycle at speeds of at least 90 miles per hour and “lane splitting,” according to witnesses.

The MHP report says that for “unknown reasons,” the man “moved from the left lane to the right lane and struck the rear” of another vehicle just north of Tronstad Road.

The motorcyclist died at the scene; his name has not been revealed. According to the MHP, he was wearing a helmet.

The driver of the second vehicle was not injured and was wearing a seat belt.

The MHP says alcohol and/or drugs were not factors in the collision, but speed was.