A family of 4 members of the Air Force missing is found dead after the Thanksgiving accident

INVOICES, Mont. (AP) – A missing North Dakota family in southeastern Montana died in a car accident on I-94 Highway in Billings, Montana, on Thanksgiving Day.

The Montana Highway Patrol stated that the accident site was discovered around 8 pm. Friday after the investigators rang their cell phones.

Carter County Sheriff Neil Kittelmann told the Billings Gazette Saturday that the victims were Anthony and Chelsi Dean, both 25 years old, from the Grand Forks area of ​​North Dakota, and their daughters, Kaytlin. , 5 years old, and Avri, 20 months old.

Sgt. Dean has been posted to 69 Maintenance Squadron at Grand Forks Air Base and has been a member of the North Dakota Volunteer Fire Department.

The patrol said that their Toyota 4Runner had left the interurban highway near Huntley around 7 am Thursday and had crossed the median before taking off from an embankment. The SUV struck a concrete bridge support pillar and was immobilized at Pryor Creek.

The deans visited family members in Caldwell, Idaho, and traveled to Ekalaka, Montana.

They were scheduled to arrive at 11 am on Thursday, 22 November. They contacted the family for the last time at 6:30 am Thursday in Billings.