GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE Monday,
February 23, 1998
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CHINOOK 17-YEAR OLD DIES IN ROLLOVER
by tribune staff
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A 17-year-old Chinook man died in a one-vehicle accident early Sunday in
Blaine County, according to the Montana Highway Patrol.
Levi Westley Baird was pronounced dead as he was being transported by
ambulane to the hospital.
Speed was a likely factor in the accident, said Sgt. Greg Szudera, who
estimated Baird was traveling between 80 and 90 mph at 12:19 a.m., when the
crash occurred.
"Right now we're looking at speed and other suspicious causes,
" Szudera said. He declined to elaborate on the "suspicious
causes".
The teen was driving a 1985 Ford pickup south on Secondary Road 240, 23
miles south of Chinook, whwn he lost control, the patrol said.
The vehicle drifted off to the right on a slight curve. Baird corrected
and got back onto the road, but then overcorrected and lost control. The
vehicle rolled into the ditch and Baird was ejected.
A passing motorist discovered the wreck a few minutes later. He drove to
a bar at Cleveland about 1 1/2 miles away and had 9-1-1 called.
The fatal accident was the 27th in the state this year. In 1997, there
were 17 fatalities on Montana highways at this point in the year.
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HAVRE DAILY NEWS Monday,
February 23, 1998
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CHINOOK YOUTH KILLED
CHINOOK (AP) - Levi Westley Baird, 17, of Chinook was killed about 12
a.m. Sunday when his pickup truck overturned south of this Blaine County town,
the Highway Patrol reported.
Baird was thrown out of the truck when it overturned several times on
state highway 240 about 23 miles south of Chinook, the patrol said. The truck
drifted into the roadside ditch and overturned when the driver overcorrected.
Baird was alone in the truck.
The death raised Montana's 1988 traffic toll to 27, compared with 17 on
Feb. 22 last year.
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OBITUARIES
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GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE Tuesday,
February 24, 1998
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Levi Westley Baird
CHINOOK - Levi Westley Baird, 17, died Saturday in a motor vehicle
accident 23 miles south of Chinook.
Funeral services will be Wednesday at 4 p.m. in the Loyd Sweet
Auditorium at Chinook High School. Burial will follow in Kuper Memorial
Cemetery. Arrangements are being handled by Edwards Funeral Home.
He was born Nov. 9, 1980, in Havre. He was raised in Blaine County and
enjoyed hunting, rodeo, running machinery, welding and building things. He was
an active member of Christian Youth Group and enjoyed his pickup truck.
Survivors include his parents, Loren and Vinee' Baird, sisters, Linae,
Larissa and Loreena Baird, grandparents, Wesley and Sara Baird and Robert and
Audrey Cox, all of Chinook, and many uncles, aunts, and cousins.
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HAVRE DAILY NEWS Tuesday,
February 24, 1998
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Levi Westley Baird
CHINOOK - Levi Westley Baird, 17, died Saturday, Feb. 21, 1998, due to a
single pickup truck roll-over 23 miles south of Chinook on Highway 240.
Funeral services will be 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25,at the Loyd Sweet
Auditorium at Chinook High School. Burial will follow in Kuper Memorial
Cemetery.
Baird was born to Loren and Vinee' Cox Baird on Nov. 9, 1980, in Havre.
He was raised in Blaine County and enjoyed hunting, rodeo, running machinery,
welding and building things. He was an active member of Christian Youth Group.
He is survived by his parents, Loren and Vinee' Baird of Chinook,
sisters, Linae, Larissa and Loreena Baird of Chinook, grandparents, Wesley and
Sara Baird and Robert and Audrey Cox, all of Chinook, and many uncles, aunts,
and cousins.
Arrangements are by Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook.
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THE BLAINE COUNTY JOURNAL, NEWS
OPINION Wednesday, February 25,
1998
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Levi Baird
Levi Westley Baird, 17, died Feb. 21, 1998, of injuries recieved in
a single pickup truck roll-over 23
miles south of Chinook on Highway 240.
Funeral services will be Wednesday
(today), February 25, 1998, at 4 p.m. in the Loyd Sweet Auditorium at Chinook
High School. Burial will follow in Kuper Memorial Cemetery. Arrangements are by Edwards Funeral Home of
Chinook.
Levi was born to Loren and Vinee'(Cox) Baird on November 9, 1980, in
Havre. He was raised in Blaine County and enjoyed hunting, rodeo, running
machinery, welding and building things. He was an active member of Christian
Youth Group and enjoyed his pickup truck.
He is survived by his parents, Loren and Vinee' Baird of Chinook,
sisters, Linae, Larissa and Loreena Baird all of Chinook, grandparents, Wesley
and Sara Baird and Robert and Audrey Cox, all of Chinook, and many uncles,
aunts, and cousins.
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