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A friend has sent you a link to an article found on FlatheadBeacon.com. To read the full text of this article online, click here: /articles/article/head14160/ ARTICLE EXCERPT: SOMERS – At a public meeting following the October crash of a tractor-trailer along the east shore of Flathead Lake, Montana Department of Transportation Director Jim Lynch told the audience a community effort to increase safe driving along Highway 35 would ultimately be more effective than attempts to restrict truck traffic along the roadway. The forum, held at the Best Western Grand Oak Hotel, was a chance for public dialogue after a truck carrying wood chips veered off the road near Finley Point Oct. 20, crashing and injuring the driver. This most recent crash stoked the concerns of east shore residents, occurring about a year-and-a-half after a truck crash in nearly the same spot dumped 6,400 gallons of gasoline, forcing five families out of their homes and costing millions to clean up.