Malta's Baublitz perishes in auto accident

Riley Baublitz, a 17-year-old student at Malta High School, passed away last Tuesday, August 30, following a car crash on Highway 243, 10 miles west of Saco.

Baublitz was the passenger in a van driven by a 22-year-old acquaintance, according to the Montana Highway Patrol. Early Tuesday morning, the two were driving south on Highway 243 toward Saco when the van drifted off the road. The 22-year-old driver attempted to right the van, but overcompensated and the van left the road again, rolling several times before coming to a stop on the driver's side of the vehicle.

Baublitz was announced dead...