Driver killed after colliding with bus near Belcourt, ND

BELCOURT, N.D. — The driver of a car was killed in a collision involving a bus en route to the Sky Dancer Hotel and Casino the night of Saturday, Sept. 16.

The accident occurred shortly after 9 p.m. at the intersection of Bureau of Indian Affairs roads 8 and 11, about five miles west of Belcourt in Rolette County, according to Sgt. Christopher Schaefer of the North Dakota Highway Patrol.

The car driver, whose name and age were not immediately known, disregarded a stop sign and struck the bus in the interesection, Schaefer said. Both vehicles entered the southwest ditch and rolled.

The 20-year-old bus driver was transported to Quentin N. Burdick Memorial Hospital in Belcourt. The extent of his injuries was not specified.

Names of the drivers will be released pending notification of relatives.

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