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UPDATE: the woman who was killed in a rollover accident near Winifred has been identified as 20-year old Shaina Evans of Kalispell.

Fergus County Deputy Coroner Jeremy Bristol says that Evans died early Sunday at a Lewistown hospital.

Evans was a student and member of the volleyball team at Montana State University-Northern in Havre.

The Montana Highway Patrol says Evans was thrown from the vehicle in the crash, which happened at about 1:20 a.m. on Sunday. MHP Trooper Scott Fox says Evans failed to negotiate a long, left-handed curve on Secondary Road 236.

She overcorrected and the car slid off the roadway, rolling several times. Her passenger, an unidentified 18-year-old woman from Havre, was taken to the hospital with unspecified injuries.

A 20-year old woman believed to be from Havre is dead after a car accident near Winifred in central Montana.

The Montana Highway Patrol says that it happened around 1:15 early Sunday morning on Highway 236 near mile marker 21.

According to the accident report, the roadway curves to the left and the driver ran off the road to the right. After over-correcting, the Toyota Camry went into a slide and rolled multiple times, landing on the wheels.

The driver was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the car.

The 18-year-old female passenger who was wearing a seat belt was injured.

We're told that speed was likely a factor, but it's unknown if alcohol was involved.