Margaret Baird, 84, of Lovell died from injuries sustained in a wreck that occurred in front of Shopko on Coulter Avenue at about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Powell Police Department. Her husband, 89-year-old Robert Baird, was riding in the passenger seat and remained in critical condition at St. Vincent Healthcare in Billings as of Wednesday.

“(Lt.) Alan Kent said this is the second fatality in town that he can remember, and he has been here 21 years,” said Powell Police Chief Roy Eckerdt.

Margaret Baird had pulled out of the Shopko parking lot as two vehicles were westbound on Coulter Avenue. The vehicle in the right lane had its turn signal on to turn into the parking lot that Baird was pulling out of, Eckerdt said.

As Baird pulled out onto Coulter Avenue, her Toyota Rav4 hit 22-year-old Kyle Spolitino’s Ford Ranger that was in the inside lane and going the speed limit, 45 mph, Eckerdt said. Spolitino is an employee at Yellowstone National Park near the Fishing Bridge.

The collision sent Baird’s Rav4 onto an electrical utility box, which had to be disabled before emergency responders could give first aid.

The Bairds were originally transported to Powell Valley Hospital with serious injuries and then flown to St. Vincent Healthcare in Billings Tuesday afternoon.

Spolitino was limping and went to the hospital later that day, Eckerdt said.

The city block where Shopko is located lost power for a while Tuesday afternoon. Power was restored to the city block afterward, but the utility box still needs to be repaired. Repairs are estimated to cost $1,000, according to a report from the Powell Police Department.