Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Evan F. Schneider died in a head-on collision on U.S. 2 near Bad Rock Canyon on Tuesday, August 26^th while on duty in a marked patrol car. The death of Trooper Evan Schneider marks the second time in less than a year that a Highway Patrol trooper has been killed in the line of duty in Flathead County.

Evan, who would have turned 30 in early September, joined the Highway Patrol in January 2004. He is survived by his wife, Carrie. Schneider’s brother, James, is a Montana Highway Patrol trooper of the Libby detachment.

“Although the work we do takes us to every corner of the state, the Patrol is a small, close-knit organization,” said Col. Paul Grimstad, the Highway Patrol commander. “We lost a colleague and a good man.”

Schneider was the sixth trooper to lose his life in the line of duty since the Highway Patrol was created in 1935.

David Graham, 36, died Oct. 9, 2007, after his squad car was struck head-on by a distracted driver in a pickup that crossed the center turn lane on U.S. 2 north of Kalispell.

A memorial fund has been set up at Glacier Bank and donations can be made at any branch. The account name begins with the letters, EVAN.

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