CHINOOK, Mont. (AP) - A 41-year-old Butte woman and her dog were struck and killed by a freight train in northern Montana over the weekend, Blaine County officials said.
Sheriff John Colby said Irina Smith’s husband reported she got out of their vehicle to photograph a pheasant Saturday afternoon just east of Chinook. She was training the dog to smell pheasants and took the dog over to the spot where she had seen the bird.
Smith apparently did not hear the westbound train, Colby said. The collision happened at about 4:45 p.m.
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