2 injured when pickup, semi collide in western North Dakota

TIOGA, N.D. — Two motorists had been hospitalized after a pickup truck and semi collided in Williams County on Sunday, March 26, in western North Dakota.

The crash occurred at about 5:30 a.m. on state Freeway 1804 with foggy circumstances, in line with the North Dakota Freeway Patrol.

A semi hauling fracking sand was eastbound on Freeway 1804 when it pulled into an method on the north aspect of the highway, making an attempt to show round. The semi then backed throughout the highway to a different method on the south aspect, the patrol stated.

Because the semi was turning round onto the freeway to go west, an eastbound 2017 GMC Sierra pickup hit the aspect of the semitrailer, the patrol stated.

The pickup driver, a 43-year-old man from Logan, Iowa, was taken to Trinity hospital in Minot to be handled for critical accidents, the patrol stated. Medics took the pickup passenger, a 21-year-old man from Athens, Georgia, to Tioga Medical Heart to be handled for his accidents.

The pickup driver and passenger weren’t carrying seat belts, the patrol stated.

The semi driver, a 35-year-old lady from Carrollton, Georgia, was not injured within the crash. She was carrying a seat belt, the patrol stated.

The motorists’ names weren’t launched. The Freeway Patrol is investigating the crash.

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